†family Hastitidae Naef 1922 (belemnite)
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Hastitidae
Alternative spelling: Hastitinae
Parent taxon: Belemnitina according to J. D. Pinard et al. 2014
See also Doyle et al. 1994, Jeletzky 1966 and Lang 1928
Sister taxa: Belemnitidae, Belemnoteuthidae, Cylindroteuthididae, Eocylindroteuthis, Megateuthididae, Nipponoteuthidae, Oxyteuthididae, Passaloteuthididae, Salpingoteuthididae
Subtaxa: Bairstowius Hastites Hungarosepia Pleurobelus Rhabdobelus Subhastites
Type: Hastites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), France (24), Germany (10), Greenland (1), Italy (7), the United Kingdom (31)
Total: 75 collections including 91 occurrences