Alternative spelling: Lytocerataceae
Parent taxon: Ammonitina according to R. Hoffmann 2010
See also Alsen 2006, Arkadiev et al. 2000, Blau 1998, Blau et al. 2008, Förster 1975, Hillebrandt 2006, Hoffmann and Keupp 2010, Landra et al. 2000, Lukeneder 2004, Macchioni et al. 2006, Meister and Friebe 2003, Nagy 1970, Reboulet 1996, Sarih et al. 2007, Szives 2007, Wiedmann 1970, Wright 1952 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acanthoceratoidea, Aspidoceratoidea, Deshayesitoidea, Desmoceratoidea, Engonoceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hammatoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Hoplitoidea, Oppeliaceae, Perisphinctaceae, Perisphinctoidea, Psiloceratoidea, Pulchelliaceae, Sphaeroceratoidea, Spiroceratoidea, Stephanoceratoidea, Protetragonitidae, Crioceratitaceae, Tetragonitoidea, Nannolytoceratidae, Hamitaceae
Subtaxa: Cicatritidae Lytoceratidae Trachyphyllitidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore