Belemnopsis Bayle 1878 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae

Parent taxon: Belemnopseidae according to A. B. Challinor and D. C. H. Hikuroa 2007

Sister taxa: Hibolites, Neohibolites

Subtaxa: none

Type: Belemnites sulcatus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2 collections), Argentina (4), Chile (1), New Zealand (1)

• 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 (3), France (5), Indonesia (3), Iran (1), Kenya (5), Madagascar (6), Nepal (1), New Zealand (39), Papua New Guinea (3), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Somalia (5), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: California)

Total: 117 collections including 139 occurrences

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