Groenlandibelidae is a family of coleoid cephalopods believed to belong to the spirulids.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Stem group: | Spirulida |
| Family: | †Groenlandibelidae Jeletzky, 1966 |
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Morphologically, its taxa seem to have some belemnoid characteristics, suggesting a possible intermediate relationship.[2]
Genera
editGroenlandibelus Jeletzky, 1966
editMonospecific, 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
editSome 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
editThe fossil range of Naefia is from Cenomanian to Campanian.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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