†family Belemnitidae d'Orbigny 1845 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae

Parent taxon: Belemnitina according to J. A. Jeletzky 1966

See also Meek 1864, Spath 1947 and Stanton 1895

Sister taxa: Belemnoteuthidae, Cylindroteuthididae, Eocylindroteuthis, Hastitidae, Megateuthididae, Nipponoteuthidae, Oxyteuthididae, Passaloteuthididae, Salpingoteuthididae

Subtaxa: Acroteuthis Actinoconites Belemnitinae Cylindroteuthinae Prototeuthis

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Type: Belemnites

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2), Austria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (19: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), the Czech Republic (3), France (11), Germany (7), Greenland (6), Hungary (5), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (2), the Russian Federation (58), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (9), United States (18: Alaska, California, New Jersey)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of United States (1: Alaska)

• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Antarctica (2), Austria (1), Chile (7), Ethiopia (4), France (5), Germany (1), Greenland (13), India (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Italy (1), Kenya (5), Madagascar (8), Mexico (5), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1), Poland (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (7), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Somalia (5), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Switzerland (5), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (25: Alaska, California)

• Triassic of Mexico (1)

• Paleozoic of United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 282 collections including 404 occurrences

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