400 Million Year Old ORTHOCERAS FOSSIL PENDANT, Hand Crafted (1 - 3/4 " LONG) 7732
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400 Million Year Old Orthoceras Fossil Pendant
1-3/4 INCH LONG) #7732
Free From With Silver Plated 18 Inch Chain
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Orthocerasfossil (meaning "straight horn") were primitive types of nautiloidsthat looked like squid with a long, straight (or slightly curved), conical, chambered, and furrowed shell. The shell ranged from a few centimeters to over9 feet long. The Orthoceras lived in the largest chamber in the shell. Theseinvertebrates swam in shallow se...as using jet-propulsion and breathed withgills. Orthoceras lived from the middle Ordovician Period to the DevonianPeriod, from about 470 to 360 million years ago.