Gastrioceras, goniatite
Gastrioceras, a Carboniferous goniatite. Goniatites were highly mobile creatures similar to octopus and squid, but were protected by a coiled shell divided up into many chambers.
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Keywords: ammonite, ammonitida, ammonoid, ammonoidea, animal, carboniferous, cephalopod, cephalopoda, chamber, chambered, chambers, coil, gastrioceras, goniatite, goniatitida, invertebrata, invertebrate, jet, mobile, mollusc, mollusca, mollusk, paleozoic, phanerozoic, prehistoric, prehistory, propulsion, shell
