†family Stephanitidae Arthaber 1896 (ceratite)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Stephanitidae
Parent taxon: Dinaritoidea according to Y. D. Zakharov and N. Moussavi Abnavi 2013
See also Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Spath 1934 and Tozer 1981
Sister taxa: Columbitidae, Hellenitidae, Kazakhstanitidae, Keyserlingitidae, Khvalynitidae, Olenikitidae, Paragoceratidae, Sibiritidae, Tirolitidae
Subtaxa: Amphistephanites Parastephanites Stephanites
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Azerbaijan (2 collections), China (11), India (2), Pakistan (5), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence