The belemnite in the soil allows it to absorb heat from the sun and gradually release it during the night as well as providing good drainage.
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Most forms were likely piscivores ( " fish eaters " ), though cephalopods ( belemnites ) evidently formed an important part of the plioplatecarpine diet.
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*The Cheyenne people of Nebraska believed in mythical belemnites, which were compared to missiles by other indigenous American cultures, like the Zuni people.
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With her family in tow, she tramped all over New Zealand, collecting fossil shells from Motunau, ammonites from Kawhia, belemnites from Port Waikato.
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Earthquakes that rocked the region over 10 million years ago pushed the marine sediments of belemnite fossils up to the surface to create the belemnite chalk terrain.
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Earthquakes that rocked the region over 10 million years ago pushed the marine sediments of belemnite fossils up to the surface to create the belemnite chalk terrain.