Parent taxon: Ceratitida according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Tozer 1981
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, Lobitina, Meekocerataceae, Meekoceratina, Megaphyllitina, Megaphyllitoidea, Metassuria, Nathorstitaceae, Noritoidea, Obrutchevites, Otoceratina, Otocerina, Owenitidae, Paraacrochordiceras, Paraceltitina, Paraganides, Paratibites, Pinacoceratoidea, Pinacocerina, Poporites, Proavites, Procurvoceratites, Proptychitina, Protoceras, Ptychitaceae, Ptychitina, Sagecerataceae, Stolleites, Subacerites, Tapponnierites, Trachyceratoidea, Tropitaceae
Subtaxa: Lobitidae
Type: Lobites
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (6 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (23: British Columbia), China (1), Hungary (3), India (1), Iran (2), Italy (44), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Thailand (1), Turkey (2), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 89 collections including 132 occurrences