Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Bactritidae
Parent taxon: Bactritida according to C. Teichert et al. 1964
See also Flower 1962 and Kröger 2008
Sister taxa: Cochleiferoceras, Cyclobactrites, Parabactritidae
Subtaxa: Bactritella Bactrites Chuvashovia Ctenobactrites Cyrtobactrites Devonobactrites Dillerites Hemibactrites Linibactrites Lobobactrites Ovobactrites Planibactrites Pseudobactrites Sicilioceras Simobactrites Uralobactrites
Type: Bactrites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (1: California collection)
• Permian of Greece (1), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (11), Mexico (2), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (9), Tajikistan (3), Timor-Leste (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Japan (2)
• Carboniferous of Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), United States (71: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Australia (8), Canada (3: Nunavut, Ontario), Czechia (8), France (2), Germany (14), Morocco (11), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (10), South Africa (1), United States (8: Maryland, Montana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Vietnam (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 175 collections including 216 occurrences