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Belemnitinae

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae

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

It was assigned to Belemnitidae by Jeletzky (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Belemnitinae d'Orbigny
1966Belemnitinae Jeletzky p. 141

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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
subfamilyBelemnitinaed'Orbigny 1845
subfamilyBelemnitinaed'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.

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]
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 Paleozoic to the top of the Maastrichtian or 538.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleozoic538.8 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Belemnites sp. (112515)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile (Antofagasta) Belemnites sp. (210218 210562)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Belemnites acutus (198904)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Mexico (Sonora) Belemnites sp. (39132)
Jurassic - Hauterivian201.4 - 125.77Chile (Coquimbo) Belemnites sp. (221573)
Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous201.4 - 100.5USA (Alaska) Belemnites sp. (112306)
Jurassic - Cretaceous201.4 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Belemnites sp. (112471)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Nannobelus acutus (95991)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9France Nannobelus sp. (29332 29333)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Nannobelus brevis (29241)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Nannobelus acutus (28885 28886 28890 28894 28897)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Nannobelus sp. (204130 204132 204133)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Nannobelus sp. (179702)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Nannobelus sp. (204147)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Nannobelus sp. (204129)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Greenland Prototeuthis pennicillata (162071 162072 162073)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Austria Belemnites sp. (218330)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Belemnites indet. (162065) Belemnites sp. (161974 162068) Prototeuthis pennicillata (161963 162100) Prototeuthis sp. (162262)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Serbia Belemnites sp. (73353)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Late/Upper Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Chile (Huasco) Belemnites sp. (223405)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 143.1USA (Alaska) Belemnites sp. (112514 112516 112518 112519)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Chile (Huasco) Belemnites sp. (223389)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation Nannobelus bellus, Nannobelus parabellus (68353)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Belemnites sp. (213098)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) Belemnites sp. (172173)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) Belemnites sp. (172174)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain Belemnites sp. (67866 67867)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Svalbard and Jan Mayen Belemnites sp. (212008)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2USA (California) Belemnites sp. (192799 192800 192801 192802)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1USA (California) Belemnites pacificus (209788)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5USA (Alaska) Belemnites sp. (112458)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21USA (California) Belemnites pacificus (192811 192812 192835 192837 192845 192857) Belemnites sp. (192838)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia Belemnites sp. (94584 94585)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Belemnites sp. (212014 212017) Belemnites sp., Belemnites puzosi (212018)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Belemnites sp. (1569)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Greenland Belemnites indet. (1245 1259 1277)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) Belemnites sp. (225615)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Belemnites sp. (212021)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Belemnites indet. (2465)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation (Siberia) Belemnites indet. (2468 2471 2481)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation Belemnites indet. (2494 2496 2497 2512)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Antarctica Belemnites indet. (36806)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Belemnites sp. (112308)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Belemnites indet. (2472 2486)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6USA (California) Belemnites sp. (83608)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Svalbard and Jan Mayen Belemnites sp. (212034 212039 212040 212041 212042)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Belemnites sp. (2534)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Belemnites indet. (2244) Belemnites sp. (2247)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77USA (Alaska) Belemnites sp. (2381 2382)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Belemnites sp. (2248)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Belemnites sp. (212045)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Belemnites sp. (88253)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Chihuahua) Belemnites sp. (88250)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Belemnites sp. (87436)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Belemnites sp. (189419)