WoRMS taxon details
Megateuthidae Sachs & Nalnjaeva, 1967 †
1658698 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1658698)
accepted
Family
Megateuthis Bayle, 1878 † (type by original designation)
- Genus Acrocoelites Lissajous, 1915 †
- Genus Arcobelus Sachs, 1967 †
- Genus Barskovisella Ippolitov, 2018 †
- Genus Brevibelus Doyle, 1992 †
- Genus Cuspiteuthis Abel, 1916 †
- Genus Dactyloteuthis Bayle, 1878 †
- Genus Eocylindroteuthis Riegraf, 1980 †
- Genus Homaloteuthis Stolley, 1919 †
- Genus Megateuthis Bayle, 1878 †
- Genus Mesoteuthis Lissajous, 1915 †
- Genus Odontobelus Naef, 1922 †
- Genus Parabrachybelus Riegraf, 1980 †
- Genus Paramegateuthis Gustomesov, 1960 †
- Genus Pseudosimobelus Dzyuba & Schraer, 2018 †
- Genus Rarobelus Nalnyaeva, 2015 †
- Genus Simpsonibelus Doyle, 1991 †
- Genus Brachybelus Naef, 1922 † accepted as Brevibelus Doyle, 1992 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, A junior homonym of Brachybelus Stal, 1869 (Insecta: Hemiptera))
- Genus Orthobelus Nalnyaeva, 1970 † accepted as Rarobelus Nalnyaeva, 2015 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, A junior homonym of Orthobelus Stål, 1869 [Insecta])
- Genus Youngibelus Riegraf, 1980 † accepted as Cuspiteuthis Abel, 1916 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sachs V.N., Nalnyaeva T.I. (1967). On the systematics of Jurassic and Cretaceous belemnites. <em>Sachs V.N. (ed.) Problems of paleontologic substantiation of detailed Mesozoic stratigraphy of Siberia and the Far East of USSR. Materials for the 2nd International Colloquium on the Jurassic System, Luxembourg, July 1967.</em> Leningrad: Nauka, 6-27. [In Russian]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megateuthidae Sachs & Nalnjaeva, 1967 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1658698 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Sachs V.N., Nalnyaeva T.I. (1967). On the systematics of Jurassic and Cretaceous belemnites. <em>Sachs V.N. (ed.) Problems of paleontologic substantiation of detailed Mesozoic stratigraphy of Siberia and the Far East of USSR. Materials for the 2nd International Colloquium on the Jurassic System, Luxembourg, July 1967.</em> Leningrad: Nauka, 6-27. [In Russian]. [details]
basis of record Stevens, K.; Pohle, A.; Hoffmann, R.; Immenhauser, A. (2023). Bayesian inference reveals a complex evolutionary history of belemnites. <em>Palaeontologia Electronica.</em> 26(1): a13., available online at https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/1239.pdf [details]
basis of record Stevens, K.; Pohle, A.; Hoffmann, R.; Immenhauser, A. (2023). Bayesian inference reveals a complex evolutionary history of belemnites. <em>Palaeontologia Electronica.</em> 26(1): a13., available online at https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/1239.pdf [details]
