Mollusca, Cephalopoda - Existing cephalopoda include squid, octopus, and the pearly nautilus, all very important in modern seas. Some Ordovician cephalopoda around Cincinnati grew up to nearly 4 ...

Learn more about the time period that took place 488 to 443 million years ago. 3 min read During the Ordovician period, part of the Paleozoic era, a rich variety of marine life flourished in the ...

With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...

Arthropods were the most diverse animal group in the Cambrian period and the Ordovician period that followed. The 452-million-year-old limestone slab shown here captures an Ordovician menagerie ...

The Museum's collection of fossil molluscs is among the world’s most systematically, stratigraphically and geographically comprehensive. It includes more than 20,000 type and figured specimens. The ...

Paleontologists have made a fascinating discovery in New York State: fossil remains of an ancient species of arthropod that ...

Because filter-feeding bivalves and mollusks take all their nutrients from filtering seawater, they are an excellent choice for a sustainable form of aquaculture that is helping to take pressure ...

"It coincides with the 'great Ordovician biodiversification event ... have vacuum cleaner-like noses - and wiwaxiids, oval-shaped molluscs with a soft underbelly and a back covered with rows ...

researchers say Alexa Robles-Gil Unearthed last year, the remains could reveal new information on the extinct sea reptile, which crushed mollusks and shelled creatures with its large, round teeth ...