†suborder Anarcestina Miller and Furnish 1954 (ammonite)
Parent taxon: Agoniatitida according to D. Korn 2006
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Korn and Klug 2002, Leonova 2002 and Shevyrev 2006
Sister taxa: Agoniatitina, Gephuroceratina, Pharciceratina, Dilatobactrites, Gephurocerina, Timanoceratina, Auguritina, Angastobactrites, Sinuobactrites
Subtaxa: Anarcestaceae Prolobitaceae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore