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Belemnoidea (belemnite)

Cephalopoda

Taxonomy
Belemnoidea was named by Hyatt (1884). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Belemnoidea by Boyle and Rodhouse (2005).

It was assigned to Teuthomorpha by Kretzoi (1942); to Belemnitida by Spath (1947); and to Coleoidea by Doyle et al. (1994), Boyle and Rodhouse (2005).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Belemnoidea Hyatt
1942Belemnoidea Kretzoi p. 134
1947Belemnoidea Spath
1994Belemnoidea Doyle et al. p. 6
2005Belemnoidea Boyle and Rodhouse p. 343

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884

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.

Superfm. †Belemnoidea Hyatt 1884 [belemnite]
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Invalid names: Auleracida [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Albian or 335.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Utah) Belemnoidea indet. (84411)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Belemnoidea indet. (197222 197223 197224)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Belemnoidea indet. (197051)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Belemnoidea indet. (105605)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Belemnoidea indet. (38206)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Belemnoidea indet. (197053 197225)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Belemnoidea indet. (197228)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) Belemnoidea indet. (51334)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Belemnoidea indet. (197187)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Belemnoidea indet. (51331 51333)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Belemnoidea indet. (61530 61537 61542 61660 61794 61873 61884 61885 61886 62050 62053 62055 62056 62151 62153 63075 63236 63240 63251 67391 67392 67393 67399 67547 67548 67557 67560 67561 67564 67568 67571 67577 67604 67622 67623 67630 68078 68079 68283 68554 68596)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Belemnoidea indet. (61816 61823 62155 63066 63068 63074 67608 68287 68289 68384)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) Belemnoidea indet. (26639)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Belemnoidea indet. (61558 61659 61733 61876 61878 63539 63540 67398 67570 67626 67631 68284 68385 68550)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Belemnoidea indet. (67553)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Belemnoidea indet. (92051)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India Belemnoidea indet. (63530 63531 63535 63537 63544)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India Belemnoidea indet. (63529 63533 63534)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21India Belemnoidea indet. (62170)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Tanzania (Lindi) Belemnoidea indet. (49820)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Belemnoidea indet. (73332)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal Belemnoidea indet. (73348)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Venezuela (Zulia) Belemnoidea indet. (89071)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Antarctica Belemnoidea indet. (83559)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Belemnoidea indet. (58095)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France Belemnoidea indet. (56845)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Belemnoidea indet. (83554)
Urutawan108.4 - 103.3New Zealand Belemnoidea indet. (83431)
Motuan103.3 - 99.5New Zealand Belemnoidea indet. (83506)