Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Alternative spelling: Cheloniceratidae
Parent taxon: Douvilleiceratidae according to J. Lehmann and M. F. Aly 2024
See also El Qot 2018, Förster 1975, Förster and Weier 1983, Futakami 2018, Landra et al. 2000, Matsukawa 2021, Murphy 1975, Ovando-Figueroa et al. 2018, Renz 1982, Szives 2007 and Wright 1952
Sister taxa: Douvilleiceratinae, Roloboceratinae
Subtaxa: Cheloniceras Epicheloniceras Procheloniceras
Type: Cheloniceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Brazil (2), Colombia (2), Egypt (6), France (23), Georgia (1), Germany (3), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (9), Italy (1), Japan (5), Madagascar (5), Mexico (29), Morocco (2), Mozambique (3), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2), Spain (14), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (29), United States (10: California, Texas), Venezuela (2)
Total: 153 collections including 229 occurrences