Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Amaltheidae
Synonym: Paltopleuroceratidae Spath 1926
Parent taxon: Liparoceratidae according to K. Nakada et al. 2021
See also Frebold 1970, Howarth 1955, Howarth 2013, Meister and Friebe 2003 and Smith and Tipper 1996
Sister taxa: Aegoceras, Aegoceratinae, Androgynoceras, Androgynoceratinae, Liparoceras, Liparoceratinae, Vicininodiceras
Subtaxa: Amaltheus Amauroceras Pleuroceras
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (7 collections), Austria (7), Canada (44: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), France (70), Germany (18), Hungary (14), Iran (2), Italy (1), Japan (8), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (8), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (17), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (50), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 253 collections including 388 occurrences