Belemnopsis hastata Blainville 1808 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae

Alternative combination: Belemnites hastatus

Synonyms: Belemnites argovianus Mayer 1863, Rhopaloteuthis argoviana Mayer 1863

Belongs to Belemnopsis according to H. Douvillé 1916

See also Mariotti et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Belemnopsis aucklandica, Belemnopsis berryessae, Belemnopsis brownei, Belemnopsis cachensis, Belemnopsis californicus, Belemnopsis hochstetteri, Belemnopsis mercurialis, Belemnopsis napaensis, Belemnopsis spiculoides, Belemnopsis tomsensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Egypt (3 collections), France (1), Iran (1), Madagascar (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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