Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Synonyms: Physodoceratidae Schindewolf 1925, Physodoceratinae Schindewolf 1925
Parent taxon: Aspidoceratidae according to H. Parent 2006
See also Garrido et al. 2018, Mesezhnikov 1984, Schindewolf 1925, Verma and Westermann 1973 and Villaseñor et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Epipeltoceratinae, Euaspidoceratinae, Hybonoticeratinae, Peltoceratinae, Physodoceras, Pseudhimalayites, Simocosmoceras, Sutneria, Toulisphinctes
Subtaxa: Aspidoceras Benetticeras Chinamecaceras Cubaspidoceras Epaspidoceras Extranodites Glabrophysodoceras Intranodites Neaspidoceras Orthaspidoceras Pseudowaagenia Schaireria Simaspidoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (1 collection), Yemen (5)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (2), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (6), Antarctica (1), Argentina (18), Chile (2), Ethiopia (2), France (15), Germany (8), Hungary (6), India (4), Iran (1), Italy (10), Madagascar (12), Mexico (8), Poland (5), Portugal (1), Romania (24), the Russian Federation (12), Somalia (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (11), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Texas), Yemen (10)
Total: 173 collections including 237 occurrences