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Belemnitidae

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae

Taxonomy
Belemnitidae was named by d'Orbigny (1845). Its type is Belemnites.

It was assigned to Cephalopoda by Meek (1864), Stanton (1895); to Belemnoidea by Spath (1947); and to Belemnitina by Jeletzky (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Belemnitidae d'Orbigny
1864Belemnitidae Meek p. 53
1895Belemnitidae Stanton p. 84
1947Belemnitidae Spath p. 29
1966Belemnitidae Jeletzky p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderDecabrachiaHaeckel 1866
orderBelemnitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyBelemnitidaed'Orbigny 1845
familyBelemnitidaed'Orbigny 1845

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Belemnitidae d'Orbigny 1845
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G. †Acroteuthis Stolley 1911
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Acroteuthis aboriginalis Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis barrana Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis divergens Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis impressa Gabb 1864
Acroteuthis kernensis Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis kewana Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis macarthyensis Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis mitchelli Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis onoensis Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis shastensis Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis subquadratus Roemer 1836
Acroteuthis watsonensis Anderson 1945
Acroteuthis wilcoxi Anderson 1938
Acroteuthis winslowensis Anderson 1938
G. †Actinoconites Steinmann 1910
Subfm. †Belemnitinae d'Orbigny 1845
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G. †Belemnites Lamarck 1799
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Subg. †Belemnites (Belemnopsis) Bayle 1878
Belemnites cenomanus von der Marck 1858
Belemnites pacificus Gabb 1864
Belemnites paxillosa Lamarck 1801
Belemnites puzosi d'Orbigny 1843
G. †Nannobelus Pavlow 1913
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Nannobelus acutus Miller 1826
Invalid names: Prototeuthis Lemoine 1915 [objective synonym]
Subfm. †Cylindroteuthinae Naef 1922
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Cylindroteuthis clavicula Anderson 1945
Cylindroteuthis cuspidata Sachs and Nalnjaeva 1964
Cylindroteuthis gelida de Lagausie 2018
Cylindroteuthis glennensis Anderson 1945
Cylindroteuthis jacutica Sachs and Nalnjaeva 1964
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Invalid names: Cylindroteuthis klamathonae Anderson 1945 [synonym]
Cylindroteuthis oweni Pratt and Owen 1844
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Invalid names: Belemnites tornatilis Phillips 1835 [synonym]
Cylindroteuthis porrecta Phillips 1870
Cylindroteuthis puzosi d'Orbigny 1843
Cylindroteuthis venusta Dzyuba 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available