†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
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