Parent taxon: Ammonoidea according to J. P. Smith 1927
See also Astakhova 1971, Tatzreiter 1981, Tozer 1979, Tozer 1981 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Aequiloboidea, Agoniatitida, Ammonites hercules, Ammonites ludovicus, Ammonitida, Aptychus, Aulicostephanidae, Ceratitida, Clymeniida, Cornaptychus, Egrabensiceras, Ellipsolithes, Epimayites, Eubranoceras, Farbesiceras, Forbescieras, Globites, Gomimonomeroceras, Goniatitida, Laevaptychus, Laevicornaptychus, Lenticeratidae, Lilinthiceras, Lytoceratida, Lytocerida, Medlicottiida, Orbulites, Pelagus, Phylloceratida, Phylloceratitida, Phyllocerida, Planulites, Praeglyphioceratida, Prolecanitida, Pronoritida, Proplanulitidae, Psiloceratida, Ptychoceratoidea, Punctaptychus, Rugaptychus, Sidetes, Spinaptychus, Tornoceratida, Tornocerida, Trachyceratina, Yokoyamaceras
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tropitoidea in the database