Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Alternative spelling: Cyrtopleuritidae
Parent taxon: Tibetitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Tatzreiter 1981, Tozer 1980, Tozer 1981 and Zeiss 1977
Sister taxa: Ammotibetites, Anatibetites, Lanpingoceras, Metacarnites, Metatibetites, Nodotibetites, Palicites, Paratibetites, Pterotoceras, Tibetites, Tibetitinae
Subtaxa: Acanthinites Acanthodrepanites Argosirenites Carinacanthites Cyrtopleurites Dionites Drepanites Gandakites Hauerites Himavatites Lipuites Mesohimavatites Neohimavatites Prodrepanites Thiniites Welterites Xenodrepanites
Type: Cyrtopleurites
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Canada (87: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (5), Germany (1), India (2), Indonesia (14), Nepal (9), Oman (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (3: Alaska, California), Vietnam (1)
Total: 130 collections including 167 occurrences