Description
Beloitoceras carveri
Nautiloid
Ordovician
Mifflin Formation
Lee County, Illinois, USA
28mm nautiloid with small matrix.
Cephalopod. Mollusc.
Beloitoceras is a genus of straight-shelled nautiloid that lived during the Ordovician Period. Its remains have been found in North America, Europe, and China. It lived at a time when nautiloids were diversifying and becoming the apex predators of the seas.
Nice matrix piece.