A superorder or major taxonomic group containing all belemnoid cephalopods and their relatives.
From 'belemnoid' with the Latin suffix '-ea' used to denote a major taxonomic rank above family. This represents the highest classification grouping for belemnite-related creatures.
Belemnoidea represents millions of years of evolution—from the first simple belemnite-ancestors to the highly specialized varieties that dominated Jurassic oceans!
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