†family Belosepiidae Dixon 1850 (cuttlefish)
Cephalopoda - Sepiida - Belosepiidae
Alternative spelling: Belosepiinae
Parent taxon: Sepiida according to P. Doyle et al. 1994
See also Jeletzky 1966 and Squires 1988
Sister taxa: Adygeya, Amerirostra, Belosaepiidae, Belosepiellidae, Chondrophoridae, Idiosepiidae, Notosepia, Sepiadariidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Subtaxa: Belosepia Pseudosepia
Type: Belosepia
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Netherlands (1 collection), Nigeria (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Texas, Washington)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence