Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parahoplitidae
Parent taxon: Deshayesitoidea according to J. Lehmann et al. 2019
See also Förster 1975, Futakami 2018, Kennedy et al. 1981, Lehmann et al. 2016, Lehmann et al. 2013, Ovando-Figueroa et al. 2018, Robert et al. 2018, Stoyanow 1949, Szives 2007 and Wright 1952
Sister taxon: Deshayesitidae
Subtaxa: Acanthohoplitinae Parahoplitinae Parahoplitoides
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (2), Australia (2), Chile (3), Colombia (3), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (47), Georgia (1), Germany (7), Hungary (1), Iran (26), Italy (2), Japan (10), Madagascar (12), Mexico (74), Morocco (3), Mozambique (4), Peru (11), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (3), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (26), United States (50: Arizona, California, Louisiana, Texas), Venezuela (5)
Total: 298 collections including 540 occurrences