Parent taxon: Belemnitida according to P. Doyle et al. 1994
See also Doyle 1990 and Jeletzky 1966
Sister taxa: Arcobelus, Aulacoteuthis, Bayanoteuthis, Belemnella, Belemnellocamax, Belemnitina, Belemnitina, Belemnocamax, Belemnotheutididina, Belemnotheutina, Belospirula, Brachybelus, Brevibelus, Coeloteuthis, Conobelus, Conodicoelites, Dicoelites, Eobelemnites, Fusiteuthis, Gastrobelus, Gonioteuthis, Holcobelus, Homaloteuthis, Lagonibelus, Lenobelus, Mesohibolites, Mesoteuthis, Nannobelus, Neobelemnella, Oxyteuthis, Pachybelemnopseina, Pachyduvalia, Pachyteuthis, Parahastites, Parahibolites, Patagonibelus, Peratobelus, Praeoxyteuthis, Pseudodicoelites, Raphibelus, Rhopaloteuthis, Sachsibelus, Simobelus, Simpsonibelus, Sinobelemnitidae, Somalibelus, Volgobelus, Youngibelus
Subtaxa: Belemnitellidae Belemnopseidae Dicoelitidae Dimitobelidae Pseudodicoelitidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Motuan of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (39), Argentina (4), Azerbaijan (3), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), Cape Verde (1), Chile (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (9), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (42), Greenland (6), Italy (3), Japan (1), Morocco (2), Mozambique (3), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (69), North Pacific (3), Papua New Guinea (4), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (5), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (11), United States (47: Alabama, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)
• Heterian of New Zealand (13)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (5), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (3), Egypt (3), Ethiopia (1), France (4), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (16), Nepal (1), New Zealand (39), Papua New Guinea (3), Poland (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Alaska, California)
Total: 379 collections including 430 occurrences