Belemnopsis californicus Anderson 1945 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1945. Knoxville series in the California Mesozoic. Geological Society America Bulletin 56(10):909-1014

Belongs to Belemnopsis according to F. M. Anderson 1945

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc28603, Toms (=Thomes?) Creek, near Paskenta, which is in a Tithonian marine shale in California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 28603, Toms (=Thomes?) Creek, near Paskenta

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