†family Anarcestidae Steinmann 1890 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae
Parent taxon: Anarcestaceae according to D. Korn 2006
See also Arkell et al. 1957 and Korn and Klug 2002
Sister taxa: Cabrieroceratidae, Sobolewiidae, Werneroceratidae
Subtaxa: Anarcestes Anarcestinae Paranarcestes Sellanarcestes
Type: Anarcestes
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (4 collections), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (13), the Czech Republic (17), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (34), Spain (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 73 collections including 158 occurrences