†family Macroscaphitidae Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea - Macroscaphitidae
Parent taxon: Ptychoceratoidea according to J. Klein et al. 2007
See also Landra et al. 2000 and Wright 1952
Sister taxa: Hamulinidae, Megacrioceratidae
Subtaxa: Cicatrites Macroscaphites
Type: Macroscaphites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (11), Georgia (1), Italy (6), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), Serbia and Montenegro (7), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Venezuela (1)
Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences