Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Khvalynitidae
Alternative spelling: Khvalynitinae
Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1981. Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms. The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group 66-100
Parent taxon: Dinaritoidea according to M. Ehiro et al. 2016
See also Tozer 1981 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Columbitidae, Hellenitidae, Kazakhstanitidae, Keyserlingitidae, Olenikitidae, Paragoceratidae, Sibiritidae, Stephanitidae, Tirolitidae
Subtaxa: Alanites Ismidites Khvalynites Koipatoceras Metadagnoceras Vorobyevites
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Albania (1 collection), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (1), Greece (2), Hungary (5), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Turkey (3), United States (25: Idaho, Nevada)
Total: 50 collections including 56 occurrences