Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ectocentritidae
Synonym: Galaticeratinae Geczy and Meister 2007
Parent taxon: Lytoceratidae according to R. Hoffmann 2010
See also Geczy and Meister 2007, Macchioni et al. 2006, Meister and Friebe 2003 and Wiedmann 1970
Sister taxa: Alocolytoceratinae, Analytoceratinae, Hemilytoceratinae, Lytoceratinae, Megalytoceratinae, Neocyrtochilus, Pleuroacanthinae, Pleuroacanthitinae, Takahashiceras, Tragolytoceras
Subtaxa: Adnethiceras Baltzerites Ectocentrites Exomiloceras Galaticeras Holcolytoceras Kericserites Lytoconites Lytotropites Peltolytoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (9 collections), Canada (14: British Columbia, Yukon), Germany (2), Hungary (31), Indonesia (1), Italy (4), Mexico (5), Morocco (20), New Caledonia (6), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Tunisia (5), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Austria (1)
Total: 102 collections including 131 occurrences