# paleontology mossworm

Orthocones were a group of chambered nautiloids that spanned a long period of time, from the Late Cambrian to the Early Triassic. There has been a long history of throwing all these under one group, such as Orthoceras or Cameroceras, but they were actually pretty varied!

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2022-08-16

I don't tend to take many photos as they often don't come out well but had to take one of this polished handaxe which includes a fossil orthocone, an extinct group of squid-like cephalopods

Art by Richard Bizley

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2022-07-11

Cameroceras, also known as the giant orthocone, was an ancient cephalopod and potentially the largest animal of its time - and a funny guy with a hat

(first img from palaeopedia @ tumblr)

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2021-11-14

Mrs. Mesothelae says hello!

I just saw this tweet today from the person who won the Orthocone scan https://t.co/xBQ14isj8D

(Congratulations to everyone who won a prop/scan btw!)

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2021-02-19