Alternative spelling: Deshayesitaceae
Parent taxon: Ammonitina according to J. Lehmann et al. 2019
See also Futakami 2018, Lehmann et al. 2016, Lehmann et al. 2013, Robert and Bulot 2005, Szives 2007 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acanthoceratoidea, Aspidoceratoidea, Desmoceratoidea, Engonoceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hammatoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Hoplitoidea, Lytoceratoidea, Oppeliaceae, Perisphinctaceae, Perisphinctoidea, Psiloceratoidea, Pulchelliaceae, Sphaeroceratoidea, Spiroceratoidea, Stephanoceratoidea, Nannolytoceratidae, Tetragonitoidea, Protetragonitidae, Hamitaceae, Crioceratitaceae
Subtaxa: Deshayesitidae Parahoplitidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (2), Azerbaijan (2), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Chile (4), Colombia (2), Egypt (1), France (36), Georgia (1), Germany (5), Greenland (4), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (3), Italy (1), Japan (6), Madagascar (2), Mexico (48), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (5), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (16), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (13), the United Kingdom (51), United States (36: Arizona, California, Louisiana, Texas), Venezuela (8)
Total: 256 collections including 431 occurrences