Belemnite Instant

: Their elongated, tapering shape earned them folklore nicknames like "Devil's Fingers" or "St. Peter’s Fingers" .

: Unlike modern squids with soft bodies, belemnites had a hard internal skeleton. The most common part found today is the rostrum (or guard)—a bullet-shaped feature at the tail end used for buoyancy and balance while swimming. belemnite

Paleontologists often find thousands of these fossils clustered together in "death beds" known as . Belemnites - British Geological Survey : Their elongated, tapering shape earned them folklore