Orthocone nautiloid model

Orthocone nautiloids were extinct ancestors of the tightly coiled Pearly Nautilus that is
still found swimming in the deep oceans. Orthocones were distant relatives of extinct
ammonites and modern squid and octopus. Orthocones lived from about 500 million
years ago until nearly 200 million years ago. The soft body and tentacles are rarely
preserved as fossils but the hard shells are often fossilised in large numbers.

Orthocone nautiloids as they would have looked in life

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This model can be printed on A4 paper, but for

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best results print on light card at A3.

1. Cut around the 2 parts of the model —
you may need to get an adult to help you
A. Head
B. Shell
2. Head: Fold flaps inwards
3. Bend into a cone shape and glue long flaps
together
4. Shell: Fold flap
5. Bend shell into a cone shape and glue
along flap
6. Glue head to inside of shellGlue
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B.Shell What you will need:

A. Head

The completed model © BGS, NERC 2012

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