Alternative spelling: Aipocerataceae
Parent taxon: Nautilida according to S. Niko and R. H. Mapes 2016
See also Shimanskiy 1967 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Adeloceras, Aktubonautilidae, Alethynoceras, Anepheloceras, Anglonautlis, Askeatonolucidum, Bastindoceras, Bisiphytes, Capriocornites, Catastroboceras, Centroceratidae, Clydonautiloidea, Conchorhynchus, Danzikoceras, Dasbergoceras, Dentalium (Antalis) acumen, Dentoceratidae, Dzhinsetoceras, Exoticeras, Geitonoceras, Grzegorzewskia, Krykyloceras, Kummeloceras, Mahoningoceras, Menuthionautlis, Nautiloidea, Nautilorhynchus, Nautilus delphinus, Nautilus marcoui, Nautilus normannicus, Neobistrialites, Nikenautilus, Palaskensis, Parachouteauoceras, Paranautilidae, Permonautilidae, Piratoceras, Pleuronautilidae, Pseudocatastroboceras, Pseudophacoceras, Pseudostenopoceras, Pteronautilus, Rutoceratina, Soakinautilus, Syringonautilidae, Tainoceratina, Tainoceratoidea, Thaymastoceras, Thrincoceratidae, Uloceras, Vertorhizoceras, Yakutionautilus
Subtaxa: Aipoceratidae Litogyroceratidae Scyphoceratidae Solenochilidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (5), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (1), United States (4: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (17: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 40 collections including 51 occurrences