Alternative spelling: Arcestaceae
Parent taxon: Ceratitida according to L. Krystyn et al. 2019
See also Astakhova 1971, Fantini Sestini 1994, Fantini Sestini 1996, Tozer 1981 and Vörös 2018
Sister taxa: Anfaceras, Arcestina, Arctohungaritidae, Bajarunia, Caribouceras, Carteria, Ceratites whitneyi, Ceratitiaceae, Ceratitina, Ceratitoidea, Choristoceratoidea, Clydonitaceae, Coeloceltites, Courtilloticeras, Cycloceratidae, Danubitoidea, Dinaritoidea, Eschericeratites, Glabrites, Glabrites involucrus, Haidingerites, Jeanbesseiceras, Larenites, Lobitaceae, Lobitina, Meekocerataceae, Meekoceratina, Megaphyllitina, Megaphyllitoidea, Metassuria, Nathorstitaceae, Noritoidea, Obrutchevites, Otoceratina, Otocerina, Owenitidae, Paraacrochordiceras, Paraceltitina, Paraganides, Paratibites, Pinacoceratoidea, Pinacocerina, Poporites, Proavites, Procurvoceratites, Proptychitina, Protoceras, Ptychitaceae, Ptychitina, Sagecerataceae, Stolleites, Subacerites, Tapponnierites, Trachyceratoidea, Tropitaceae
Subtaxa: Arcestidae Cladiscitidae Joannitidae Proarcestidae Sphingitidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Kaihikuan of United States (3: Nevada collections)
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1), Albania (2), Austria (96), Bosnia and Herzegovina (13), Canada (12: British Columbia, Nunavut), Chile (3), China (7), Croatia (2), Georgia (1), Germany (3), Greece (9), Hungary (30), India (9), Indonesia (30), Iran (19), Israel (2), Italy (89), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Nepal (5), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (11), Oman (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (42), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (5), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Switzerland (5), Tajikistan (6), Thailand (4), Turkey (40), Ukraine (9), United States (135: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
• Permian of Indonesia (1)
Total: 621 collections including 1048 occurrences