Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Parent taxon: Aspidoceratidae according to S. Jain and M. Mazur 2021
See also Alberti et al. 2011 and Parent 2006
Sister taxa: Aspidoceratinae, Epipeltoceratinae, Euaspidoceratinae, Hybonoticeratinae, Physodoceras, Pseudhimalayites, Simocosmoceras, Sutneria
Subtaxa: Gregoryceras Metapeltoceras Parapeltoceras Peltoceras Peltoceratoides Peltoraspailites Prieserites Pseudogregoryceras Raspailites Rursiceras Unipeltoceras
Type: Peltoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (2 collections), Argentina (20), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (2), Eritrea (1), France (24), Germany (5), Hungary (1), India (13), Italy (2), Madagascar (13), Poland (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Switzerland (35), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: California), Yemen (1)
Total: 128 collections including 248 occurrences