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Groenlandibelidae

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Groenlandibelidae
Temporal range: Campanian – Maastrichtian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Stem group: Spirulida
Family: Groenlandibelidae
Jeletzky, 1966
Genera and species
  • Groenlandibelus rosenkrantzi Jeletzky, 1966 (Birkelund, 1956)
  • Cyrtobelys fuchs et al 2012
  • Naefia Wetzel, 1930

Groenlandibelidae is a family of coleoid cephalopods believed to belong to the spirulids.

Morphologically, its taxa seem to have some belemnoid characteristics, suggesting a possible intermediate relationship.[2]

Genera

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Groenlandibelus Jeletzky, 1966

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Monospecific, Groenlandibelus rosenkrantzi Jeletzky, 1966 (Birkelund, 1956). The fossil range is from Campanian to Maastrichtian.[1] Some material originally was ascribed to Belemnoteuthis before being allocated its own genus.

Cyrtobelus Fuchs et al 2012

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Some taxa now assigned to the Groenlandibelus are now assigned to Cyrtobelus. Species:

  • Cyrtobelus birkelundae Fuchs et al. 2012
  • C. hornbyense Fuchs et al. 2012

The fossil range is from Upper Campanian to upper Maastrichtian with localities in Vancouver Island (BC) and West Greenland.

Naefia Wetzel, 1930

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The fossil range of Naefia is from Cenomanian to Campanian.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Fuchs, Dirk; Keupp, Helmut; Trask, PAT; Tanabe, Kazushige (2012). "Taxonomy, morphology and phylogeny of Late Cretaceous spirulid coleoids (Cephalopoda) from Greenland and Canada". Palaeontology. 55 (2): 285–303. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01125.x.
  2. ^ Fuchs, Dirk; Keupp, Helmut; Trask, PAT; Tanabe, Kazushige (2012). "Taxonomy, morphology and phylogeny of Late Cretaceous spirulid coleoids (Cephalopoda) from Greenland and Canada". Palaeontology. 55 (2): 285. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01125.x.