Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Barremitidae
Parent taxon: Desmoceratidae according to L. G. Bulot et al. 2011
See also Vasicek 2002 and Vasicek et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Bassites, Caseyella, Desmoceratinae, Eodesmoceratinae, Hauericeratinae, Pseudosaynellinae, Puzosiinae, Silesitoidinae, Uhligellinae, Wollemanniceras
Subtaxa: Barremites Barremitites Kostovites Mogharaeceras Montanesiceras Patruliusiceras Plesiospitidiscus Subsaynella Torcapella
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Austria (5), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (5), France (13), Georgia (1), Hungary (13), Iran (5), Italy (17), Japan (2), Morocco (39), Romania (8), Serbia and Montenegro (17), Slovakia (5), Spain (120), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (22), United States (2: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)
Total: 284 collections including 351 occurrences