†family Silesitidae Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae
Parent taxon: Desmocerataceae according to M. Matsukawa 2021
See also Landra et al. 2000, Medina and Riccardi 2005 and Szives 2007
Sister taxa: Beudanticeratidae, Desmoceratidae, Kossmaticeratidae, Muniericeratidae, Pachydiscidae, Puzosiidae
Subtaxa: Miyakoceras Neoastieria Neosilesites Piatnitzkyceras Silesites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (7 collections), Argentina (3), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (4), France (2), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Japan (2), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovakia (1), Spain (20), United States (4: California)
Total: 63 collections including 64 occurrences