The fossils commonly known as orthoceras are extinct “straight-shelled” cephalopods that lived 370 million years ago. They lived inside of their shell, had tentacles they could use to grab food and used jet propulsion, squirting water to move.




The fossils commonly known as orthoceras are extinct “straight-shelled” cephalopods that lived 370 million years ago. They lived inside of their shell, had tentacles they could use to grab food and used jet propulsion, squirting water to move.