Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Thalassoceratidae
Parent taxon: Thalassoceratoidea according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 1989 and Leonova 2002
Sister taxon: Bisatoceratidae
Subtaxa: Aristoceras Aristoceratinae Gleboceratinae Prothalassoceras Thalassoceratinae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (4: Nunavut, Yukon), China (3), East Timor (1), Italy (3), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (20), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (10), Tajikistan (19), United States (11: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Kazakhstan (1)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (19), the Russian Federation (24), United States (15: Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 135 collections including 167 occurrences