†subfamily Polyptychitinae Wedekind 1918 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Parent taxon: Polyptychitidae according to A. Lukeneder 2004
See also Alsen 2006, Imlay 1957, Imlay and Jones 1970, Jeletzky and Kemper 1988, Kemper and Jeletzky 1979, Wright 1952 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Siberites, Simbirskitinae
Subtaxa: Dichotomites Hertleinites Polyptychites Wellsia
Type: Polyptychites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Canada (32: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), France (1), Germany (1), Greenland (22), Mexico (2), Poland (15), the Russian Federation (66), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7), United States (20: California, Oregon)
Total: 167 collections including 315 occurrences