Alternative spelling: Choristocerataceae
Parent taxon: Ceratitida according to A. C. Riccardi 2019
See also Tozer 1979, Tozer 1981 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Anfaceras, Arcestina, Arcestoidea, Arctohungaritidae, Bajarunia, Caribouceras, Carteria, Ceratites whitneyi, Ceratitiaceae, Ceratitina, Ceratitoidea, Clydonitaceae, Coeloceltites, Courtilloticeras, Cycloceratidae, Danubitoidea, Dinaritoidea, Eschericeratites, Glabrites, Glabrites involucrus, Haidingerites, Jeanbesseiceras, Larenites, Lobitaceae, Lobitina, Meekocerataceae, Meekoceratina, Megaphyllitina, Megaphyllitoidea, Metassuria, Nathorstitaceae, Noritoidea, Obrutchevites, Otoceratina, Otocerina, Owenitidae, Paraacrochordiceras, Paraceltitina, Paraganides, Paratibites, Pinacoceratoidea, Pinacocerina, Poporites, Proavites, Procurvoceratites, Proptychitina, Protoceras, Ptychitaceae, Ptychitina, Sagecerataceae, Stolleites, Subacerites, Tapponnierites, Trachyceratoidea, Tropitaceae
Subtaxa: Choristoceratidae Cochloceratidae Cycloceltitidae Rhabdoceratidae
Type: Choristoceras
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Canada (3: British Columbia), China (1), Peru (1), United States (3: Nevada)
• Triassic of Argentina (1), Austria (8), Canada (34: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (3), China (1), Colombia (4), Germany (14), Hungary (4), Indonesia (4), Mexico (3), Nepal (1), Peru (6), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Tajikistan (3), United States (19: Alaska, California, Nevada)
Total: 116 collections including 150 occurrences