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Belemnopsis ✝
| Description | Belemnopsis is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belemnopsis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnopseidae : Belemnopsis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnopseidae : Belemnopsis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Belemnopsis Bayle, 1878 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Explic. Carte Géol. France, 4, Atl. fasc. 1, pl. 29, fig. 3, pl. 30, fig. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 183 - 174 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 122 - 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belemnopsis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Belemnopsis alfoericus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belemnopsis aucklandica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 149 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Belemnopsis aucklandicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belemnopsis brownei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Belemnopsis gerardi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belemnopsis hastata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Belemnopsis hochstetteri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Belemnopsis macfadyeni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belemnopsis rumphii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belemnopsis sublatesulcata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1878 | Belemnopsis Bayle |
| 1986 | Belemnopsis Mutterlose p. 11 |
| 1988 | Belemnopsis Doyle and Kelly p. 19 |
| 2002 | Belemnopsis Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
