†superfamily Belemnoidea Hyatt 1884 (belemnite)
Parent taxon: Coleoidea according to P. Doyle et al. 1994
See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005, Kretzoi 1942 and Spath 1947
Sister taxa: Aulacocerida, Bactritoida, Belemnoida, Belemnomorpha, Decembrachiata, Glochinomorpha, Jeletzkya, Loligosepiida, Neocoleoidea, Onychoteuthis, Palaeoteuthomorpha, Phragmoteuthidida, Pohlsepia, Teuthidea, Ticinoteuthis, Decacera
Subtaxa: Auleracida
Distribution:
• Motuan of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), France (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (2), the United Kingdom (1), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of India (76), Japan (1), Tanzania (1), Ukraine (8), the United Kingdom (5)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Utah)
Total: 101 collections each including a single occurrence