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Description: | Specimen of a fossil belemnite, Cylindroteuthis owenii, collected from the Kelloways Rock of Late Jurassic, Callovian age, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire (NE England). Collected by T.L. Gooch.
This belemnite is embedded in a slab of rock. Belemnites are often found loose, their straight, pointed shape making them look a bit like stone bullets. Belemnites were sea animals that looked a bit like the modern squid. The bullet-like 'guard', usually all that is fossilised, was surrounded by soft flesh. The belemnite had tentacles, which it used for catching its food.
The specimen was found in North Yorkshire.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Cephalopoda Gooch Classification: Animalia T.L. Invertebrata Mollusca Belemnoidea | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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