†superfamily Arcestoidea Mojsisovics 1875 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida

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

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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 (2), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Nepal (5), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (10), 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: 619 collections including 1048 occurrences

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