Belosaepiidae

Belosaepiidae; Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Belosepia sepioidea
Scientific 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;

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Belosaepiidae is an extinct, monospecific 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]

Seagrass Importance To Belosaepiidae

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.^[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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ George F. Forsey (10 December 2019). "Seagrass and cuttlefish—an historic association". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/881. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

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[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.

[Yancey2010-2] 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] George F. Forsey (10 December 2019). "Seagrass and cuttlefish—an historic association". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/881. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

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