Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
Parent taxon: Pericycloidea according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Klug et al. 2006, Korn 2006, Korn et al. 1999 and Korn and Sudar 2016
Sister taxa: Furnishoceratidae, Intoceratidae, Kozhimitidae, Maxigoniatitidae, Pericyclidae, Rotopericyclidae, Sudeticeratidae, Temertassetiidae
Subtaxa: Akeshakeceras Beyrichoceratoides Cluthoceras Eoglyphioceras Eurites Follotites Furnishoceras Itimaites Kozhimites Muensteroceras Muensteroceratoides Nautellipsites Terektytes
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (22 collections), Australia (2), Ireland (2), Morocco (4), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (29), United States (29: Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas), Uzbekistan (4)
Total: 97 collections including 146 occurrences