Parent taxon: Belemnitida according to J. D. Pinard et al. 2014
See also Doyle et al. 1994, Iba et al. 2014 and Jeletzky 1966
Sister taxa: Arcobelus, Aulacoteuthis, Bayanoteuthis, Belemnella, Belemnellocamax, Belemnitina, Belemnocamax, Belemnopseina, Belemnotheutididina, Belemnotheutina, Belospirula, Brachybelus, Brevibelus, Coeloteuthis, Conobelus, Conodicoelites, Dicoelites, Eobelemnites, Fusiteuthis, Gastrobelus, Gonioteuthis, Holcobelus, Homaloteuthis, Lagonibelus, Lenobelus, Mesohibolites, Mesoteuthis, Nannobelus, Neobelemnella, Oxyteuthis, Pachybelemnopseina, Pachyduvalia, Pachyteuthis, Parahastites, Parahibolites, Patagonibelus, Peratobelus, Praeoxyteuthis, Pseudodicoelites, Raphibelus, Rhopaloteuthis, Sachsibelus, Simobelus, Simpsonibelus, Sinobelemnitidae, Somalibelus, Volgobelus, Youngibelus
Subtaxa: Belemnitidae Belemnoteuthidae Cylindroteuthididae Eocylindroteuthis Hastitidae Megateuthididae Nipponoteuthidae Oxyteuthididae Passaloteuthididae Salpingoteuthididae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Australia (2), Austria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (19: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), the Czech Republic (3), France (11), Germany (7), Greenland (6), Hungary (5), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (2), the Russian Federation (58), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (9), United States (18: Alaska, California, New Jersey)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of United States (1: Alaska)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Antarctica (2), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Canada (4: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (7), Ethiopia (4), France (51), Germany (25), Greenland (25), India (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Italy (12), Japan (1), Kenya (5), Luxembourg (9), Madagascar (8), Mexico (5), Morocco (12), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1), Peru (1), Poland (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (13), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Somalia (5), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Switzerland (5), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (106), United States (25: Alaska, California)
• Triassic of Mexico (1)
• Paleozoic of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 513 collections including 808 occurrences