Parent taxon: Bactritoidea according to C. Teichert et al. 1964
See also Kröger 2008 and Shevyrev 2006
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Bactritidae Cochleiferoceras Cyclobactrites Parabactritidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (1: California collection)
• Permian of Greece (1), Greenland (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (12), Mexico (2), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (9), Tajikistan (4), Timor-Leste (1), United States (2: Idaho, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Japan (2)
• Carboniferous of Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), United States (69: Arkansas, California, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Australia (8), Canada (3: Nunavut, Ontario), Czechia (8), France (2), Germany (15), 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: 179 collections including 222 occurrences