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Dimitobelidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4946393https://www.gbif.org/species/4946393
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)132395https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=132395
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Dimitobelidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnopseinaJeletzky 1965
familyDimitobelidaeWhitehouse 1924
Common Namebelemnite
Scientific NameDimitobelidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dimitobelidaefamilybelongs to Belemnopseinastated without evidenceDoyle, 1990
Dimitobelidaefamilybelongs to Belemnopseinastated with evidenceDoyle et al., 1994
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)13
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Cephalopoda)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cephalopoda)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Belemnitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. Doyle. 1990. New records of dimitobelid belemnites from the Cretaceous of James Ross Island, Antarctica. Alcheringa 14:159-175
Common Name(s) Belemnite

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dimitobelus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
122125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1924Dimitobelidae Whitehouse
1990Dimitobelidae Doyle p. 161
1994Dimitobelidae Doyle et al. p. 6

References

Doyle P. (1990) New records of dimitobelid belemnites from the Cretaceous of James Ross Island, Antarctica, Alcheringa 14, 159-175
Doyle P., Donovan D. T., et al (1994) Phylogeny and systematics of the Coleoidea, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 5, 1-15
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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