†family Macrocephalitidae (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
Parent taxon: Stephanocerataceae according to W. J. Arkell et al. 1957
See also Imlay 1953
Sister taxa: Cardioceratidae, Oecoptychiidae, Otoitidae, Sphaeroceratidae, Stephanoceratidae, Tulitidae
Subtaxa: Dolikephalites Eucycloceras Idiocycloceras Indocephalites Kamptokephalites Macrocephalites Nothocephalites Pleurocephalites Subkossmatia
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (6 collections), China (3), France (24), Germany (9), India (5), Madagascar (37), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Spain (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Switzerland (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 98 collections including 301 occurrences