†subfamily Silesitoidinae Breistroffer 1953 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Parent taxon: Desmoceratidae according to E. Robert et al. 2018
See also Medina and Riccardi 2005, Szives 2007 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Barremitinae, Bassites, Caseyella, Desmoceratinae, Eodesmoceratinae, Hauericeratinae, Pseudosaynellinae, Puzosiinae, Uhligellinae, Wollemanniceras
Subtaxa: Parasilesites Silesitoides
Type: Silesitoides
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), Hungary (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Alaska), Venezuela (1)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences