Alternative spelling: Shumarditaceae
Parent taxon: Goniatitina according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 1989, Leonova 2002 and Tharalson 1984
Sister taxa: Adrianitoidea, Agathiceratoidea, Cycloloboidea, Dimorphoceratoidea, Gastrioceratoidea, Girtyocerataceae, Goniatitidae, Goniatitoidea, Gonioloboceratoidea, Marathonitoidea, Neodimorphoceratoidea, Neoglyphioceratoidea, Neoicoceratoidea, Nomismoceratoidea, Pericycloidea, Popanoceratoidea, Schistoceratoidea, Somoholitoidea, Thalassoceratoidea
Subtaxa: Parashumarditidae Perrinitidae Shumarditidae Somoholitidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Belize (2 collections), Canada (7: Nunavut, Yukon), China (9), Colombia (5), East Timor (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Japan (3), Kazakhstan (6), Mexico (4), the Russian Federation (18), Tajikistan (45), Thailand (5), United States (135: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (5: Nunavut), Kazakhstan (13), the Russian Federation (18), Spain (1), United States (22: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 302 collections including 348 occurrences