| Belemnitella Fossil range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Belemnitella is an extinct genus of belemnite from the Late Cretaceous of Europe and North America. Belemnitella was a squidlike animal, probably to the ancestors of modern squids and cuttlefish. The shell was internal, but with 2 parts. There is the guard (which is found the most often) and the phragmocone.
References[]
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 163)
- "National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils" (Page 536)