Belosaepiidae
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| Belosaepiidae Temporal range: Eocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Suborder: | Sepiina |
| Family: | †Belosaepiidae |
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Belosaepiidae is a family of cephalopods known from the Eocene, and bearing close similarity to the sepiid cuttlefish, whilst retaining the remnants of a belemnite-like guard.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Weaver, P.G.; Dockery III, D.T.; Ciampaglio, C.N. (2010). A new genus of coleoid cephalopod from the Jackson Group (Late Eocene), Hinds County, Mississippi. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 292(1–3) 53–63.
- ↑ Yancey, T. E.; Garvie, C. L.; Wicksten, M. (2010). "The Middle Eocene Belosaepia ungula (Cephalopoda: Coleoida) from Texas: Structure, Ontogeny and Function". Journal of Paleontology 84 (2): 267–287. doi:10.1666/09-018R.1.
- ↑ Weaver, P.G. & C.N. Ciampaglio (2003). A new genus of belosaepiid (Coleoidea) from the Castle Hayne Limestone (Eocene) of Southeastern North Carolina. Journal of Paleontology 77(6): 1103–1106. doi: 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<1103:ANGOBC>2.0.CO;2
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