Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Synonym: Leopoldiinae Thieuloy 1971
Parent taxon: Neocomitidae according to J. R. Ovando-Figueroa et al. 2024
See also Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson 2001, Arkadiev et al. 2000, Imlay 1957, Imlay and Jones 1970, Kennedy and Klinger 1990, Klein 2005, Lukeneder 2004, Reboulet 1996, Vasicek 2002 and Zell et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Arpavoniceras, Berriasellinae, Busnardoiceras, Decliveites, Elenaella, Endemoceratinae, Hatchericeras, Platylenticeratinae, Pseudargentiniceras, Pseudoneocomites
Subtaxa: Acanthodiscus Argentiniceras Belbekiceras Breistrofferella Busnardoites Calliptychoceras Criosarasinella Cuyaniceras Dicostella Distoloceras Eleniceras Frenguelliceras Fuhriella Hoplitocrioceras Kilianella Limaites Lissonia Luppovella Neocomites Neohoploceras Odontodiscoceras Parrasites Paskentites Protothurmannia Pseudacanthodiscus Raimondiceras Rodighieroites Sabbaiceras Sarasinella Saynella Subalpinites Subthurmannia Thurmanniceras Wichmanniceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2 collections), Argentina (49), Austria (8), Canada (1: British Columbia), Cape Verde (1), Chile (17), China (1), Colombia (12), the Czech Republic (4), France (277), Georgia (1), Hungary (15), India (5), Iran (1), Iraq (3), Italy (31), Mexico (31), Morocco (85), Poland (11), Portugal (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (7), South Africa (2), Spain (54), Tunisia (9), Ukraine (10), United States (34: California, Oregon, Texas), Western Sahara (1), Yemen (6)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (5)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), Nepal (1), United States (2: California)
Total: 695 collections including 1527 occurrences