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Belemnopsis hastata

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae

Taxonomy
Belemnites hastatus was named by Blainville (1808). It is the type species of Hibolites, Hibolithes.

It was recombined as Belemnopsis hastata by Douvillé (1916); it was recombined as Hibolites hastatus by Jeannet (1951); it was corrected as Belemnites hastati by Besairie and Collignon (1972); it was recombined as Hibolithes hastatus by Montfort (1808) and Mutterlose and Wiedenroth (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Belemnites hastatus Blainville
1808Hibolithes hastatus Montfort
1863Belemnites argovianus Mayer
1916Belemnopsis hastata Douvillé p. 68
1951Hibolites hastatus Jeannet p. 23 figs. Pl 3, figs 6-11
1972Belemnites hastati Besairie and Collignon
2002Rhopaloteuthis argoviana Mariotti
2008Hibolithes hastatus Mutterlose and Wiedenroth p. 819

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnopseinaJeletzky 1965
familyBelemnopseidaeNaef 1922
genusBelemnopsis(Bayle 1878)
specieshastata(Blainville 1808)

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.

Belemnopsis hastata Blainville 1808
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Invalid names: Belemnites argovianus Mayer 1863 [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 Middle Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 167.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Basse-Normandie) Belemnites hastatus (49334)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Belemnites hastatus (91907)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Belemnites hastatus (133067)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Belemnites hastati (98093)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Belemnites hastatus (100669)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Egypt Belemnopsis hastata (171258 171260 171261)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar (Sofia) Belemnites hastatus (199158)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran Rhopaloteuthis argoviana (132058)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Belemnites hastatus (34661)