Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
| ID: | 89 |
| Fossil Type: | Cast |
| Fossil Description: | Belemnite guard (prehistoric cephalopod) |
| Status: | Extinct |
| Relative Size: | Medium (fragment) |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Coleoidea |
| Order: | Cohort Belemnoidea, Belemnitida |
| Suborder: | Belemnopseina (Jeletzky, 1965) |
| Family: | Belemnitellidae (Pavlow, 1914) |
| Scientific Name (Genus species): | Belemnitella americana (Morton, 1830) |
| Era/Period: | Mesozoic/Cretaceous |
| Epoch/Age: | Maastrichtian |
| MYA: | 67 to 74 |
| Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Big Brook |
| Discovery Location (City, ST): | Marlboro/Colts Neck, NJ |
| Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
| Deepest Formation: | Mount Laurel / Winona undifferentiated |
| Color: | Orange-brown |
| Comments: | Only guard portion is preserved typically, similar to modern squid rostrum (73-76 mya) |
| Collector Name: | RLD |
| Image Filename 1: | DSCF3830.jpg |
| Image Filename 2: | DSCF3831.jpg |