Alternative spellings: Goniatitacea, Goniatitaceae
Parent taxon: Goniatitina according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006, Korn et al. 1999, Korn and Sudar 2016, Korn and Titus 2015, Leonova 1989 and Titus 2000
Sister taxa: Adrianitoidea, Agathiceratoidea, Cycloloboidea, Dimorphoceratoidea, Gastrioceratoidea, Girtyocerataceae, Goniatitidae, Gonioloboceratoidea, Marathonitoidea, Neodimorphoceratoidea, Neoglyphioceratoidea, Neoicoceratoidea, Nomismoceratoidea, Pericycloidea, Popanoceratoidea, Schistoceratoidea, Shumarditoidea, Somoholitoidea, Thalassoceratoidea
Subtaxa: Delepinoceratidae
Type: Goniatites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Chokierian of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nunavut), China (1), Kazakhstan (36), Morocco (16), the Russian Federation (64), Serbia (10), Spain (1), Tajikistan (2), United States (30: Arkansas, California, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (11)
Total: 174 collections including 276 occurrences