Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Parent taxon: Oppeliidae according to M. ZatoĊ 2010
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Cantu-Chapa 1962 and Parent 2006
Sister taxa: Aconeceratinae, Bonarelliinae, Bradfordiinae, Bukowskites, Cieneguiticeras, Distichoceratinae, Glochiceras, Glochiceratinae, Mazapilitinae, Naramoceras, Ochetoceratinae, Oppelia, Oppeliinae, Oxycerites, Paroecotraustes, Paroxycerites, Pasottia, Prohecticoceras, Streblitinae, Taramelliceratinae
Subtaxa: Ankobites Brightia Eochetoceras Hecticoceras Hecticoceratoides Kheraites Lunuloceras Orbignyceras Pseudobrightia Pseudocampylites Putealiceras Rossiensiceras
Type: Hecticoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (10 collections), Chile (1), China (1), France (29), Germany (16), India (6), Iran (1), Madagascar (29), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Switzerland (50), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 153 collections including 368 occurrences