Abstract: | Belemnite deposits were studied in the Jurassic of Britain and the Bathonian-Callovian of the Aar Massif. Special attention was given to a Middle Callovian Belemnopsis concentration at Brora in Sutherland. Studies of guard size, ontogeny, abundance and orientation suggest that these Belemnopsis had seasonal fluctuations in growth, a low mortality rate compared to living coleoids and were probably deposited in local concentrations, by hybodont sharks. Cylindroteuthis abundance is a better guide to the sedimentation rate, than Belemnopsis. |