Biology:Belosaepiidae
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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Suborder: | Sepiina |
| Family: | †Belosaepiidae |
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Belosaepiidae is an extinct family of cephalopods known from the Eocene epoch, and bearing close similarity to the sepiid cuttlefish, whilst retaining the remnants of a belemnite-like guard.[2][3] It is thought that this species was most common for its time.[4]
References
- ↑ Weaver, P.G.; Dockery, III; 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. http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/292/75307.
- ↑ 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. http://www.lakeneosho.org/Belosaepia/pdf/Growth%20and%20skeleton%20characters%20of%20Belosaepia.pdf.
- ↑ Weaver, P.G.; Ciampaglio, C.N. (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.
- ↑ Forsey, George F. (November 25, 2019). "Seagrass and cuttlefish- an historic association". doi:10.26879/881. https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2852-seagrass-and-cuttlefish.
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Wikidata ☰ Q4884560 entry
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