Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Parent taxon: Belemnitidae according to J. A. Jeletzky 1966
Sister taxa: Acroteuthis, Actinoconites, Cylindroteuthinae, Prototeuthis
Subtaxa: Belemnites
Type: Belemnites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2), Austria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the Czech Republic (3), France (11), Germany (6), Hungary (5), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (2), the Russian Federation (10), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (9), United States (5: 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 (6), India (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Italy (1), Kenya (5), Madagascar (8), Mexico (1), Poland (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Somalia (5), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (20: Alaska, California)
• Paleozoic of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 162 collections including 194 occurrences