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Belosaepiidae

Summary

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]

Belosaepiidae
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Suborder: Sepiina
Family: †Belosaepiidae
Genera
  • †Belosaepia
  • †Ceratisepia Meyer, 1993
  • †Anomalosaepia Weaver & Ciampaglio, 2003
  • †Mississaepia[1]

Seagrass Importance To Belosaepiidae edit

A faunal collection has been found that contains Belosaepiidae and Sepiidae, suggesting that they are likely to have originated from a seagrass environment in the past. As there was a lack of seagrass overtime in the North Atlantic during the late Eocene period, a particular species called belosaepiid went extinct within the family belosipiidae.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  2. ^ Yancey, T. E.; Garvie, C. L.; Wicksten, M. (2010). "The Middle Eocene Belosaepia ungula (Cephalopoda: Coleoida) from Texas: Structure, Ontogeny and Function" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 267–287. doi:10.1666/09-018R.1.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Forsey, George F. (November 25, 2019). "Seagrass and cuttlefish- an historic association". Paleo-electronica. doi:10.26879/881. ISSN 1935-3952. Archived from the original on 2020-02-10. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  5. ^ Forsey, G. (2019). Seagrass and cuttlefish—an historic association. Palaeontologia Electronica, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.26879/881