Parent taxon: Cephalopoda according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
Sister taxa: Actinoceratoidea, Akidocheilus, Ammonoidea, Anomalosaepiidae, Avramidiscus, Barrandeocerida, Burronoceras, Coleoidea, Dartoceras, Davidiceras, Desmoceras, Didymoceras, Ectocochlia, Ellesmerocerida, Endoceratoidea, Endocycloceratidae, Erlangericheilus, Gonatocheilus, Hadrocheilus, Irianoceras, Lamellaptychus, Leptocheilus, Mesoteuthoidea, Multiceratoidea, Nautilia, Nautiloidea, Nautilus (Solenochilus), Ohioceratidae, Orthoceratoidea, Orthoceratoidea, Palaeoteuthis, Plectronoceratia, Plectronocerida, Rhyncholithes, Rhynchoteuthis, Robsonoceratidae, Scaptorrhynchus, Sichunoceras, Stemtonoceratidae, Tarphyceratia, Teratoceroides, Tetrabranchiata, Tillicheilus, Werthenoceras, Yanhecerida
Subtaxa: Belosaepia alabamensis Belosaepia harrisi Belosaepia uncinata Belosaepia ungula
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Nigeria (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (15: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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