Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Alternative spelling: Glochiceratidae
Parent taxon: Oppeliidae according to H. Parent 2006
See also Schlegelmilch 1994
Sister taxa: Aconeceratinae, Bonarelliinae, Bradfordiinae, Bukowskites, Cieneguiticeras, Distichoceratinae, Glochiceras, Hecticoceratinae, Mazapilitinae, Naramoceras, Ochetoceratinae, Oppelia, Oppeliinae, Oxycerites, Paroecotraustes, Paroxycerites, Pasottia, Prohecticoceras, Streblitinae, Taramelliceratinae
Subtaxa: Glochiceratinae Neocampylites Neoprionoceras Paraglochiceras Salinites Trimarginites
Type: Glochiceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections), Chile (1), Cuba (16), France (23), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Madagascar (10), Mexico (4), Spain (4), Switzerland (34)
Total: 98 collections including 156 occurrences