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Although far from complete, the following is a list of the specific genus of Belemnites that I have been able to find information on. Where the information comes with an image of a suitable specimen, I have included a URL to that image within the specimen name. Any help with the French translations would be warmly appreciated, as well as any additional information or updates.

The information is presented as follows:

 

Genus / Genera / Name
and information source reference
found at bottom of page, or NIA 
( no information available)
Family [Species / Sub-species] Description & size
Where found

 Image of fossil if available
Source of image and URL

Known genus include:

 

Nannobelus Hastites Megateuthis Acroteuthis Belemnitella
Passaloteuthis Hibolites Neohibolites Pseudobelus Oxyteuthis
Odontobelus Dactyloteuthis Belemnopsis Duvalia Belemnella
Brachubellus Salpingoteuthis Rhabdobelus Cylindroteuthis Gonioteuthis
Onychites Actinocamax      



Database

Acrocoelites oxyconus 8 Belemnitidae   Rostre de section ovale, pourvu de 3 profonds sillons apicaux. 15cm by 1.8cm
Toarcian
Acrocoelites unisulcatus 8 Belemnitidae  
Toarcian
Acroteuthis cf  absolutus 26 unknown unknown
Mississippian
Acroteuthis subquandrata 21 + 25 Belemnitidae Valangin bis Unteres Hauterive 95mm long
Neocomian
Actinocamax verus 21 unknown unknown  
Lower Chalk
Actinocamax plenus 22 unknown unknown
Upper Cenomanian
Actinocamax quadratus unknown see under Gonioteuthis quadrata
unknown
Actinosepia canadensis 26 unknown unknown
Late Cretaceous: Maastrictian
Angellotheuthis 6 unknown unknown
Lower Lias: Sinemurian

 
Graeme Caselton

Antrimpos sp 26 unknown unknown
Late Jurassic: Kimmeridgian
Atractilites 13 unknown see under Actinocamax
unknown
Aulacoceras sulcatum timorensis 26 unknown unknown
Late Triassic
Baculites anceps nia Baculitidae
[ Turrilitaceae / Ancyloceratina ]
Cet individu possède sa loge d'habitation. B. anceps est l'espèce la plus fréquente dans les Calcaires à Baculites du Cotentin. En revanche, ces calcaires sont très difficiles à trouver.
Maastrichtian
Belemnella lanceolata 13 unknown unknown
Lower Maastrichtian
Belemnella obtusa 13 unknown unknown
Lower Maastrichtian
Belemnella occidentalis 13 unknown unknown
Upper Campanian
Belemnitella americana 28 unknown   unknown  
Cretaceous

 
Humbolt State University - Natural History Museum

Belemnitella carlsbergensis 19 unknown unknown
Lower Maastrichtian
Belemnitella langei 17 unknown see under Belemnitella schulzi
unknown
Belemnitella misburgensis 5 unknown unknown
Upper Campanian
Belemnitella mucronata 7 + 26 + 29 unknown unknown
Upper Campanian & Cretaceous: Upper Greensand to Chalk


Denis Hsiung 'Les Fossiles'

Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 26 + 20 + 25 Belemnitellidae   Guard tapers gently. Terminated posterially by a tip called a mucron. Anterior part of guard is paper thin and houses a deep alveolus. Surface of guard has impressions of branching shallow grooves. Santon bis Maastricht 105mm long
Campanian, Mucronata zone & Lower Maastrichtian
Belemnitella schulzi 17 unknown unknown
uppermost Campanian of northwest Germany and lowermost Maastrichtian of Denmark
Belemnites acuarius 7 [Acoeli / Acuarii] see under Dactyloteuthis irregularis Without lateral furrows but often channeled at the extreme point
Lias
Belemnites americana 11 unknown unknown
unknown
Belemnites bruguierianus nia unknown see under Belemnite paxillosus
unknown
Belemnites canaliculatus 7 [Gastrocoeli / Canaliculati] No lateral furrows
Inferior Oolite
Belemnites clavatus 7 [Acoeli / Clavati] With lateral furrows
Lias
Belemnites digitalis nia unknown see under Dactyloteuthis irregularis
unknown
Belemnites dilatatus 7 [Notocoeli / -] Dorsal groove and furrowed on each side
Neocomian
Belemnites elongatus 8 unknown Cette espece de la precedente (Belemnite paxillosus) par son rostre plus etroit et par la plus grande longeur de son sillon apical median. 12cm by 1.3cm
Pliensbachien
Belemnites exilis nia unknown see under Pseudobelus exilis
unknown
Belemnites hastatus 7 [Gastrocoeli / Hastati] Distinct lateral furrows
Oolite
Belemnites listeri nia unknown see under Neohibolites minimus
unknown
Belemnites minimus nia unknown see under Neohibolites minimus
unknown
Belemnites olongatus 10 unknown unknown
unknown
Belemnites pacillosus 10 unknown probably Belemnite paxillosus
unknown
Belemnites paxillosus 8 Belemnitidae Rostre de section presque circulaire, tendant a etre subquadrangulaire, pourvu de 3 sillons apicaux 14cm by 2.5cm
Pliensbachien
Belemnites salcatus 10 unknown unknown
unknown
Belemnites vulgaris nia unknown see under Acrocoelites
unknown
Belemnopsis canaliculatus 21 unknown unknown
Inferior Oolite to Neocomian
Belemnopsis hastatus 28 unknown unknown
Jurassic


Humbolt State University - Natural History Museum

Belemnopsis latesulcatus 18 unknown unknown
unknown
Brachybelus breviformis 8 Cylindroteuthididae Rostre de section ovale, depourve de sillions apicaux 8cm by 2-2.5cm
Toarcian
Calliconites dieneri 26 unknown unknown
Late Triassic
Cuspiteuthis tubularis 20 unknown unknown
Toarcian: Jet Rock series
Cylindrotheuthis puzosiana 20 unknown unknown
Callovian & Oxfordian
Dactyloteuthis crossotela 1 unknown unknown
Toarcian
Dactyloteuthis digitalis 13 unknown unknown
Domerian
Dactyloteuthis irregularis 8 Belemnitidae   Rostre pouvant presenter un prolongement (epirostre) parfois tres developpe; apex pourvu de 3 sillons 10-20cm by 1.5-2cm
Toarcian
Dicoelites challinori 18 unknown unknown
unknown
Dictyoconites nia unknown forerunner of Belemnites
unknown
Dictyoconites groenlandicus 26 unknown unknown
Late Permian: Posidonomya zone
Duvalia grasiana 18 unknown unknown
unknown
Duvalia monsalvensis 18 unknown unknown
unknown
Duvalia rafarae 18 unknown unknown
Turonian
Gastrobelus 6 unknown unknown
Lower Lias: Sinemurian

 
Graeme Caselton

Gonioteuthis quadrata 20 unknown unknown
Campanian: Quadrata zone
Gonioteuthis quadratagracilis 5 unknown unknown
Lower Campanian
Hastites clavatus 8 Hastitidae   Rostre de section circulaire, fortement retreci dans sa region mediane 7cm by 0.7cm
Pliensbachien to Toarcian
Hastites sp nia unknown   unknown  
Callovian
Hastites umbilicatus 8 unknown 10cm by 1.5cm
Pliensbachien
Hibolites hastatus 13 + 31 unknown unknown
Upper Jurassic:
Kimmeridgian


La Passion des Mineraux et Fossiles

Hibolites jaculoides 20 + 25 unknown Vorkommen von Hibotithes 150mm
Hauterivian & Barremian
Hibolites semihastatus 26 unknown unknown
Late Jurassic: Kimmeridgian
Mastites subclavatus 14 unknown unknown
Pliensbachien
Megateuthis gigantea 21 unknown unknown
Upper Lias & Inferior Oolite
Megateuthis paxiliosis nia unknown unknown
Jurassic
Nannobelus acutus 8 Belemnitidae  Oval section rostra, depourvu de sillions 5cm by 1cm
Sinemurian
Neohibolites ernsti 27 unknown   unknown  
Upper Albian
Neohibolites listeri 21 unknown   unknown  
Neocomian to Cenomanian
Neohibolites minimus 1 unknown   unknown  
Early Cretaceous, Albian
Neohibolites semicanaliculatus 21 unknown   unknown  
Neocomian to Cenomanian
Neohibolites ultimus 16 unknown   unknown  
Upper Cenomanian
Odontobelus brevirostris 8 Belemnitidae  Rostre en forme de cone comprime a section ovale, portant 2 longs sillons apicaux, et presque totalement evide par la cavite alveolaire 2.5cm by 1cm
Pliensbachien
Oxyteuthis brunsviciensis 21 + 25 unknown   Hauterive bis Apt 110mm long
Neocomian to Aptian
Oxyteuthis pugio oder Aulacoteuthis 25 unknown   Hauterive bis Apt mit Ventralfurche 95mm long
unknown  
Pachyteuthis densus 9 + 30 unknown   unknown  
Oxfordian and Late Callovian


Fossil Cephalopods in Utah

Pachyteuthis excentricus 21 unknown   unknown  
Upper Oolites
Passalotheuthis apiculata 6 unknown   unknown  
Lower Lias: Sinemurian

 
Graeme Caselton

Passalotheuthis apicicurvata 20 unknown   unknown  
Lower Pliensbachien

 
Graeme Caselton

Passalotheuthis elongatus nia unknown   see under Belemnite elongatus
unknown  
Passalotheuthis paxillosus nia unknown   see Belemnite paxillosus
unknown  
Passalotheuthis sp nia unknown   unknown  
Ibex zone 
Plesioteuthis prisca 26 unknown   unknown  
Late Jurassic: Kimmeridgian
Pleurobelus compressus 8 Hastitidae Rostre en forme de massue, de section ovalaire a subrectangulaire, comprime a l'extremite posterieure 5cm by 0.8-1.2cm
Pliensbachien
Prototeuthis acutus 21 unknown   Guard forms as a short cone
Lower & Middle Lias
Pseudobelus exilis 8 Duvaliidae  Espece a rostre effile, de section subovalaire, caracterise par des sillons lateraux tres allonges qui s'elargissent vers la region alveolaire 9cm by 0.4cm
Toarcian
Salpingoteuthis irregularis unknown   see under Dactyloteuthis irregularis
unknown  
Salpingoteuthis trisulcatus 8 Belemnitidae  Espece caracterisee par son rostre obtus posterieurement, cylindroide dans sa region anterieure et orne de 3 sillons occupant presque toute sa longueur 5cm by 0.7cm
Toarcian
Trachyteuthis sp 26 unknown   unknown  
Late Jurassic: Kimmeridgian
xxxxx yyy unknown   unknown  
unknown