BELEMNITE FROM THE SPEETON CLAY - Yorkshire
« backCRETACEOUS BELEMNITE
140 million years old
Speeton Clay (Lower Cretaceous Period)
Reighton, Yorkshire
A large, almost complete belemnite from the classic Speeton Clay exposed on the Yorkshire Coast.
Belemnites are extinct squid-like sea creatures that were common during the age of the dinosaurs, a period of the Earth's history when much of England was submerged beneath warm seas. Their bullet-shaped internal shell, called a guard, is all that remains of them.
The specimen was collected in the 1980s and is from an old collection.
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Belemnites are extinct squid-like sea creatures that were common during the age of the dinosaurs, a period of the Earth's history when much of England was submerged beneath warm seas. Their bullet-shaped internal shell, called a guard, is all that remains of them.
The specimen was collected in the 1980s and is from an old collection.
Click on a picture for a larger image
Size: 11 centimetres long x 3 centimetres diameter
Weight: 118 grams
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