A fossil Cyrtoceras or Nautilus (400000000 BC England)

Fossil

13.50cm wide 8.50cm high (5.31 inches wide3.35 inches high)

Old collectiojn label 'Nautilus'
Also another label : 'Butler Brompton Road London' staing that is was found near Hythe in Kent

Nautiloids are primitive marine cephalopds that possess a shell. They were most abundant in the Palaeozoic era, but today only a single genus survives in the South West Pacific Ocean. they swim by squirting water out of their body cavity . This cyrtoceras would have floated on the surface of the sea with its head down.
This fossil has a label to the underside marked 'Butler Brompton Road London' stating that it was found near Hythe in Kent

A Fossil Cyrtoceras or Nautilus
Palaeozoic Era - 400 million years old

Size : 8.5 high x 13.5 cm wide