Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae

Taxonomy
Tetrabelus was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus) by Glaessner (1958).

It was assigned to Dimitobelus by Glaessner (1958); and to Belemnitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus) Glaessner p. 219
2002Tetrabelus Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnopseinaJeletzky 1965
familyDimitobelidaeWhitehouse 1924
genusDimitobelusWhitehouse 1925
subgenusTetrabelus

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 125.00000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Antarctica Tetrabelus willeyi (64197 64198)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Antarctica Tetrabelus willeyi (64195 64203)
Albian - Aptian113.0 - 113.0Antarctica (Alexander Island) Tetrabelus willeyi (2079)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica Tetrabelus seclusus (83357)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Papua New Guinea Dimitobelus macgregori (174839) Tetrabelus macgregori (174840)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Antarctica Tetrabelus sp., Tetrabelus seclusus (83366)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Papua New Guinea Dimitobelus macgregori (174835 174841)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Tetrabelus sp. (83359)