Belemnites are an extinct group of Mesozoic coleoid cephalopods with a fossil record
ranging from the early Late Triassic [about 240 million years ago (Mya)] to the Cretaceous …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Belemnites are extinct cephalopods whose evolutionary history is representative of
successful adaptive radiations during the Mesozoic. Nevertheless, a detailed understanding …

Due to the lower fossilization potential of chitin, non-mineralized cephalopod jaws and arm
hooks are much more rarely preserved as fossils than the calcitic lower jaws of ammonites …

Belemnites are an extinct group of Mesozoic coleoid cephalopods, common in Jurassic and
Cretaceous marine sedimentary rocks. Despite their significance, their total group phylogeny …

Although belemnite rostra can be quite abundant in Jurassic and Cretaceous strata, the
record of belemnite jaws was limited to a few specimens from Germany and Russia. Here …

In this study, Lower Bajocian belemnites from Southcentral Alaska are formally investigated
and described for the first time. Representatives of the families Megateuthididae …

Coleoid cephalopods exhibited two distinct reproductive strategies, resulting in small
pelagic and large demersal hatchlings, both in the geologic past and recently. In …

Sinobelemnites from the Upper Triassic (Carnian, Julian 2) of the Luxi County, Yunnan
Province, Southwest China are described and discussed, with two species: Sinobelemnites …

A new sinobelemnitid belemnite genus, Tohokubelus, is described based on T. takaizumii
sp. nov. from the late Olenekian (late Early Triassic) mudstone of the Osawa Formation …