†family Cymatoceratidae Spath 1927 (mollusk)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cymatoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Cymatoceratinae
Parent taxon: Nautilaceae according to F. A. Sundberg 1984
See also Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Aturiidae, Cenoceratidae, Hercoglossidae, Nautilidae, Paracenoceratidae, Pseudonautilidae
Subtaxa: Cymatonautilus Neocymatoceras Procymatoceras Syrionautilus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Iran (3 collections), Lebanon (1)
• Jurassic of India (2), Madagascar (2), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence