Eutrephoceras sp.

Eutrephoceras
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Specimen #812
Taxon: Eutrephoceras sp.
Locality: Baculite Mesa, Pueblo County, CO
Age: Cretaceous Period, Upper Campanian Stage
Rock unit: Baculites scotti zone of Pierre Shale
Collector: Chris Itano

Eutrephoceras was a coiled nautiloid very similar to the present-day Nautilus. This specimen clearly show the sutures and the siphuncle (the hole in the middle of the septum of the last chamber). (Scale in cm.)

Another specimen of Eutrephoceras at the "Worldwide Museum of Natural History" can be seen here.


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