Belemnites sp.
UNB-2019-0848Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Coleoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Belemnitida
Family: Belemnitellidae
Genus: Belemnites (Lamarck, 1799)
Partial conical specimen of a belemnite with the anterior and posterior end missing.
Specifications
| Object name | Belemnites sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0848 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Coleoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Epoch: Lower Jurassic Age: Hettangian |
| Numeric age | 201.3 Mya |
| Origin | East Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J.-B. Lamarck. 1799. Prodrome d’une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l’établissement d’un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1:63-91