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
Type: Belemnites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Canada (19: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Germany (1), Greenland (6), Mexico (2), the Russian Federation (58), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (3), United States (18: Alaska, California, New Jersey)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of United States (1: Alaska)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), Chile (7), Ethiopia (2), France (2), Germany (5), Greenland (13), Luxembourg (1), Mexico (5), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1), the Russian Federation (8), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Switzerland (4), the United Kingdom (12), United States (24: Alaska, California)
• Triassic of Mexico (1)
• Paleozoic of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 215 collections including 307 occurrences