Alternative spelling: Pinacocerataceae
Parent taxon: Ceratitida according to L. Krystyn et al. 2019
See also Astakhova 1971, Fantini Sestini 1994, Fantini Sestini 1996, Kummel 1969, Tozer 1981, Tozer 1994 and Vörös 2018
Sister taxa: Anfaceras, Arcestina, Arcestoidea, Arctohungaritidae, Bajarunia, Caribouceras, Carteria, Ceratites whitneyi, Ceratitiaceae, Ceratitina, Ceratitoidea, Choristoceratoidea, Clydonitaceae, Coeloceltites, Courtilloticeras, Cycloceratidae, Danubitoidea, Dinaritoidea, Eschericeratites, Glabrites, Glabrites involucrus, Haidingerites, Jeanbesseiceras, Larenites, Lobitaceae, Lobitina, Meekocerataceae, Meekoceratina, Megaphyllitina, Megaphyllitoidea, Metassuria, Nathorstitaceae, Noritoidea, Obrutchevites, Otoceratina, Otocerina, Owenitidae, Paraacrochordiceras, Paraceltitina, Paraganides, Paratibites, Pinacocerina, Poporites, Proavites, Procurvoceratites, Proptychitina, Protoceras, Ptychitaceae, Ptychitina, Sagecerataceae, Stolleites, Subacerites, Tapponnierites, Trachyceratoidea, Tropitaceae
Subtaxa: Carnitidae Gymnitidae Japonitidae Klamathitidae Pinacoceratidae Ptychitidae Sturiidae
Distribution:
• Kaihikuan of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Triassic of Afghanistan (6), Albania (3), Austria (53), Bosnia and Herzegovina (17), Canada (69: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut), China (31), Croatia (1), East Timor (1), Germany (2), Greece (13), Hungary (117), India (16), Indonesia (5), Iran (5), Israel (2), Italy (82), Japan (6), Malaysia (1), Nepal (6), New Zealand (5), Oman (4), Papua New Guinea (4), Peru (1), Poland (1), Romania (7), the Russian Federation (61), Slovenia (2), Spain (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (39), Switzerland (7), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (3), Tunisia (1), Turkey (32), Ukraine (2), United States (108: Alaska, California, Nevada), Vietnam (1)
Total: 723 collections including 1200 occurrences