Alternative spelling: Trigonocerataceae
Parent taxon: Tainoceratina according to D. Korn et al. 2022
See also Niko and Mapes 2016, Teichert et al. 1964 and Zakharov and Shigeta 2000
Sister taxon: Temnocheilaceae
Subtaxa: Grypoceratidae Permoceratidae Tainoceratidae Trigonoceratidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Austria (23), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (17), Egypt (1), Germany (12), Hungary (19), India (11), Indonesia (2), Israel (7), Italy (23), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (3), Malaysia (1), Nepal (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (4), Papua New Guinea (4), Poland (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (155), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Türkiye (1), United States (53: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah)
• Permian of Armenia (10), Australia (1), Azerbaijan (21), Canada (1: Yukon), China (67), Colombia (2), India (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (13), Italy (12), Japan (11), Kazakhstan (5), Malaysia (2), Mexico (3), Pakistan (46), the Russian Federation (17), Saudi Arabia (3), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (1), Ukraine (1), United States (72: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (1), Australia (2), Canada (5: Nova Scotia), Czechia (1), Ireland (20), Kazakhstan (9), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (4), the Russian Federation (33), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (16), United States (112: Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
Total: 872 collections including 1313 occurrences