Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Parent taxon: Aspidoceratidae according to S. Jain and M. Mazur 2021
See also Alberti et al. 2011 and Parent 2006
Sister taxa: Aspidoceratinae, Epipeltoceratinae, Euaspidoceratinae, Hybonoticeratinae, Physodoceras, Pseudhimalayites, Simocosmoceras, Sutneria, Toulisphinctes
Subtaxa: Gregoryceras Parapeltoceras Peltoceras Peltoceratoides Peltoraspailites Prieserites Pseudogregoryceras Raspailites Rursiceras Unipeltoceras
Type: Peltoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (2 collections), Argentina (20), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (2), Eritrea (1), France (24), Germany (5), Hungary (1), India (13), Italy (2), Madagascar (24), Mexico (1), Poland (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Switzerland (35), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: California), Yemen (1)
Total: 140 collections including 270 occurrences