†family Dimitobelidae Whitehouse 1924 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae

Parent taxon: Belemnopseina according to P. Doyle et al. 1994

See also Doyle 1990 and Jeletzky 1966

Sister taxa: Belemnitellidae, Belemnopseidae, Dicoelitidae, Pseudodicoelitidae

Subtaxa: Dimitobelus

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Motuan of New Zealand (3 collections)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (37), Australia (1), New Zealand (68), North Pacific (2), Papua New Guinea (4), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1)

Total: 116 collections including 130 occurrences

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