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Belemnites may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belemnites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8100870	https://www.gbif.org/species/8100870
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15843	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15843

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitidae : Belemnites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
family	Belemnitidae	d'Orbigny 1845
genus	Belemnites	Lamarck 1799

Scientific Name

Belemnites Lamarck, 1799

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1799. Prodrome d’une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l’établissement d’un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Belemnites	genus	belongs to Belemnitidae	stated without evidence	Meek, 1864
Belemnites	genus	belongs to Belemnitidae	stated with evidence	Stanton, 1895
Belemnites	genus	belongs to Belemnitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper 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/Belemnites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Belemnites (Belemnopsis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		15	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Belemnites acicula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites aenigmaticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites attenuatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites baudouinii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites beaumontianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites beskidensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites bessinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites brevispinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites canaliculatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Belemnites carinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites conradi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites coquandus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites curtus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites deeckei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites densus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites dicoelus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Belemnites duvalianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites escragnollensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites excavatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites exilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites explanatoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites fibula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites fleuriausus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites fournelianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites gerardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Belemnites girardoti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites haugi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites impressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites impressus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Belemnites inopinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites jaculum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites lanceolatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites listeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites macritatis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites minimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites mucronatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites obtusirostris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites paxillosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Belemnites pistilliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites souichii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites suubhastatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites tanganensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites tehamaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Belemnites teres species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites tessonianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belemnites troslayanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Belemnites Meek p. 53
1895	Belemnites Stanton p. 84
2002	Belemnites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Stanton T. W. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133, 1-132 doi:10.3133/b133

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1721 Belemnitidae Owen, 1838 (Mollusca, Coleoidea): ruled to be unavailable; Belemnites Lamarck, 1799 and B. Paxillosa Lamarck, 1801 suppressed.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(2), 161-163 (1993) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (1993). Opinion 1721 Belemnitidae Owen, 1838 (Mollusca, Coleoidea): ruled to be unavailable; Belemnites Lamarck, 1799 and B. paxillosa Lamarck, 1801 suppressed. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 50(2): 161-163. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Soc. H. N. Paris, 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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