New Jersey DINOSAUR age Fossils Rare Belemnite Cretaceous Cephalopods 65 million

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New Jersey DINOSAUR age Fossils Rare Belemnite Cretaceous Cephalopods 65 million
Belemnite Fossil (squid) from Cretaceous period 67-74 Million years old from NJ
Belemnitida
(or the
belemnite
) is an
extinct
order
of
squid
-like
cephalopods
that existed from the
Late Triassic
to
Late Cretaceous
. Unlike squid, belemnites had an internal skeleton that made up the cone. The parts are, from the arms-most to the tip: the tongue-shaped pro-ostracum, the conical
phragmocone
, and the pointy guard. The
calcitic
guard is the most common belemnite remain. Belemnites, in life, are thought to have had 10 hooked arms and a pair of fins on the guard. The
chitinous
hooks were usually no bigger than 5 mm (0.20 in), though a belemnite could have had between 100 and 800 hooks in total, using them to stab and hold onto prey.
You get all these specimens pictured from the Navesink Formation,
Maastrichtian,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, Upper Cretaceous.
Note the giant specimen over 10 centimeters long. This was discovered in two sections which were professionally connected.
NOTE: you get all of the over 50  scientific specimens pictured. Note the large specimens shown.
These will be shipped priority with tracking.
Special Note: notice the two specimens in photo # 5 with the "Belemnite Plugs" intact.