†subfamily Pleuroacanthinae Hyatt (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Pleuroacanthitidae
Parent taxon: Lytoceratidae according to R. Hoffmann 2010
See also Geczy and Meister 2007, Meister and Friebe 2003 and Wiedmann 1970
Sister taxa: Alocolytoceratinae, Analytoceratinae, Ectocentritinae, Hemilytoceratinae, Lytoceratinae, Megalytoceratinae, Neocyrtochilus, Pleuroacanthitinae, Takahashiceras, Tragolytoceras
Subtaxa: Fucinites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Italy (1), Slovakia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence