Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sturiidae
Parent taxon: Pinacoceratoidea according to A. Vörös 2018
See also Fantini Sestini 1994, Tozer 1981 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Carnitidae, Gymnitidae, Japonitidae, Klamathitidae, Pinacoceratidae, Ptychitidae
Subtaxa: Discoptychites Parasturia Psilosturia Sturia Ziyunites
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (2 collections), Albania (2), Austria (10), Bosnia and Herzegovina (11), Canada (3: British Columbia), China (8), Greece (9), Hungary (25), India (2), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Israel (2), Italy (11), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (1), Papua New Guinea (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (12), Thailand (2), Turkey (20), United States (5: Nevada)
Total: 135 collections including 171 occurrences