†family Japonitidae Tozer 1971 (ceratite)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Japonitidae
Parent taxon: Pinacoceratoidea according to M. Ehiro 2022
See also Tozer 1981, Tozer 1994 and Vörös 2018
Sister taxa: Carnitidae, Gymnitidae, Klamathitidae, Pinacoceratidae, Ptychitidae, Sturiidae
Subtaxa: Aegeiceras Bukowskiites Japonites
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (9), Greece (5), Hungary (1), India (2), Iran (1), Japan (3), Nepal (2), Oman (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (4), United States (7: Nevada)
Total: 41 collections including 45 occurrences