Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Parent taxon: Megaphyllitaceae according to N. Fantini Sestini 1996
See also Astakhova 1971, Fantini Sestini 1994, Tozer 1981, Tozer 1994 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxa: Parapopanoceratidae, Procarnitidae, Prosphingitidae
Subtaxa: Dobrogeites Humboldtites Megaphyllites Metasturia Nitanoceras Ptychopopanoceras
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1 collection)
• Triassic of Austria (27), Bosnia and Herzegovina (5), Canada (11: British Columbia), China (3), Germany (2), Greece (7), Hungary (1), Italy (19), Malaysia (1), Nepal (2), Oman (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (13), Slovenia (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tajikistan (2), Türkiye (19), Ukraine (1), United States (24: California, Nevada)
Total: 146 collections including 158 occurrences