†family Phymatoceratidae Hyatt 1867 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae
Parent taxon: Hildoceratoidea according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Arthur et al. 1993 and Géczy and Szente 2006
Sister taxa: Diplesioceras, Graphoceratidae, Hildoceratidae, Sonniniidae
Subtaxa: Brodieia Crassiceras Esericeras Furloceras Haugia Haugiella Paronychoceras Phymatoceras Phymatoceratinae Pseudomercaticeras
Type: Phymatoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Bulgaria (5), Canada (161: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (35), France (115), Germany (1), Hungary (83), Italy (18), Luxembourg (3), Morocco (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (80), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 508 collections including 755 occurrences