Alternative spelling: Scaphitaceae
Parent taxon: Ancyloceratina according to B. Niebuhr et al. 2016
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Brunnschweiler 1966, Cobban and Kennedy 1992, Henderson 1990, Ifrim et al. 2015, Kennedy 1984, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy and Christensen 1991, Kennedy and Cobban 1990, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kennedy and Gale 2015, Kennedy et al. 1992, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Jolkicev 2004, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Landman and Cobban 2003, Landman and Waage 1993, Machalski et al. 2012, Szives 2007, Ward and Kennedy 1993, Wright 1952 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acanthohoplitoidea, Ancyloceratoidea, Douvilleiceratoidea, Parahoplitoidea, Protancyloceratoidea, Turrilitoidea
Subtaxa: Scaphitidae
Type: Scaphites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Turkmenistan (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8), Armenia (1), Australia (4), Austria (2), Belgium (7), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (4), Canada (66: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatachewan, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Denmark (32), France (128), Germany (47), Greenland (21), India (4), Iran (1), Italy (1), Japan (79), Libya (1), Madagascar (5), Mexico (8), the Netherlands (6), New Zealand (6), the Russian Federation (12), South Africa (5), Spain (6), Sweden (3), Switzerland (2), Tajikistan (4), Turkmenistan (9), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (27), United States (550: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 1057 collections including 1448 occurrences