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Description: | This fossil is from a belemnite, a squid-like animal that lived in the sea. The remains of belemnites have been found inside the stomachs of ichthyosaurs, large marine (sea-living)reptiles that looked a bit like dolphins. The part of a belemnite that is usually found as a fossil is called the guard, and it looks a bit like a large bullet. This fossil is actually the phragmocone, the section of the shell that held the soft body of the belemnite which lies just in front of the guard. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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