Lotharingibelus n. gen., a new belemnite genus from the upper Toarcian Minette ironstones of the NE Paris Basin Author Weis, Robert Paleontological Department, National Museum of Natural History Luxembourg, 25 rue Münster L- 2160 Luxembourg (Luxembourg) robert. weis @ mnhn. lu robert.weis@mnhn.lu Author Mariotti, Nino Author Pignatti, Johannes Department of Earth Sciences, “ La Sapienza ” University, Rome (Italy) nino. mariotti @ fondazione. uniroma 1. it johannes. pignatti @ uniroma 1. it nino.mariotti@fondazione.uniroma1.it Author Delsate, Dominique Paleontological Department, National Museum of Natural History Luxembourg, 25 rue Münster L- 2160 Luxembourg (Luxembourg) dominique. delsate @ mnhn. lu dominique.delsate@mnhn.lu text Geodiversitas 2025 2025-12-18 47 23 767 781 journal article 313635 10.5252/geodiversitas2025v47a23 08de7583-cef9-45a4-8fea-8113af2d2b6c 1638-9395 17983102 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5EE9ED75-B90C-4AD2-AF4C-3557CD066F05
TABLE 1. — Updated faunal list of belemnites described from the Minette ironstones (upper Toarcian Dispansum Zone to upper Aalenian Concavum Zone) of Lorraine (France), Gaume (Belgium) and Luxembourg.
SpeciesFamilyReferencesChronostratigraphy (Zone)
Brevibelus breviformis (Voltz, 1830)MegateuthididaeBenecke (1898, 1905); Weis (1999); Weis & Mariotti (2008) (also as Brevibelus subbreviformis (Lissajous, 1927))upper Toarcian (PseudoradiosaAalensis); Aalenian (Murchisonae-Concavum)
Megateuthis athletica (Simpson, 1855)MegateuthididaeBenecke (1905) (as Belemnites inornatus and B. rhenanus); Weis (1999) (as Mesoteuthis rhenana)upper Toarcian (PseudoradiosaAalensis)
Megateuthis beneckei (Schwegler, 1938)MegateuthididaeWeis & Mariotti (2008)Aalenian (Murchisonae)
Homaloteuthis murielae Weis & Mariotti, 2008MegateuthididaeWeis & Mariotti (2008)Aalenian (Concavum)
Homaloteuthis spinata (Quenstedt, 1848)MegateuthididaeWeis & Mariotti (2008)Aalenian (Murchisonae)
Acrocoelites oxyconus (Hehl in Zieten, 1831)MegateuthididaeWeis (1999)upper Toarcian (Aalensis)
Acrocoelites quenstedti (Oppel, 1856)MegateuthididaeBenecke (1905) (as Belemnites tripartitus); Weis (1999)upper Toarcian (DispansumAalensis)
Acrocoelites conoideus (Oppel, 1856)MegateuthididaeBenecke (1898)upper Toarcian (Dispansum)
Odontobelus pyramidalis (Münster in Zieten, 1831)MegateuthididaeWeis (1999)upper Toarcian (Pseudoradiosa)
Odontobelus brevirostris (d’Orbigny, 1842)MegateuthididaeBenecke (1905) (as Belemnites incurvatus); Weis (1999) (as Acrocoelites (Odontobelus) curtus (d’Orbigny, 1842) and A. (O.) subvulgaris Weis, 1999upper Toarcian (PseudoradiosaAalensis)
Dactyloteuthis similis (von Seebach, 1864)MegateuthididaeBenecke (1898) (as Belemnites irregularis)upper Toarcian (Dispansum)
Lotharingibelus meta (Blainville, 1827) n. comb.MegateuthididaeBenecke (1898); Weis (1999) (also: Arcobelus lucilinburhucensis Weis, 1999)upper Toarcian (DispansumAalensis)
Lotharingibelus subgiganteus (Branco, 1879) n. comb.MegateuthididaeBranco (1879); Benecke (1905); Weis (1999) (also: Dactyloteuthis crossotela)upper Toarcian
Parabrachybelus subaduncatus (Voltz, 1830)MegateuthididaeWeis (1999) (as Catateuthis sp.)upper Toarcian (Pseudoradiosa)
Salpingoteuthis longisulcata (Voltz, 1830)SalpingoteuthididaeBenecke (1898); Weis (1999)upper Toarcian (Dispansum)
Hastites subclavatus (Voltz, 1830)HastitidaeBenecke (1905); Weis (1999)upper Toarcian (PseudoradiosaAalensis)
Hastites compactus (Kolb, 1942)HastitidaeWeis (1999)upper Toarcian
Holcobelus blainvillii (Voltz, 1830)HolcobelidaeWeis & Mariotti (2008)Aalenian (MurchisonaeConcavum)