Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Parent taxon: Cardioceratidae according to R. Schlegelmilch 1994
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Arthur et al. 1993 and Mesezhnikov 1984
Sister taxa: Arctocephalitinae, Cadoceratinae, Cadochamoussetia, Eckhardites, Plasmatites
Subtaxa: Bourkelamberticeras Cardioceras Cuneicardioceras Eboraciceras Goliathiceras Goliathites Herznachites Hoplocardioceras Korythoceras Lamberticeras Nannocardioceras Pavloviceras Prionodoceras Prorsiceras Quenstedtoceras
Type: Cardioceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Canada (3: British Columbia), France (29), Germany (6), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (11), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (34)
Total: 95 collections including 206 occurrences