†superfamily Anarcestaceae Steinmann 1890 (ammonite)
Parent taxon: Anarcestina according to D. Korn 2006
See also Korn and Klug 2002
Sister taxon: Prolobitaceae
Subtaxa: Anarcestidae Cabrieroceratidae Sobolewiidae Werneroceratidae
Type: Anarcestes
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (20 collections), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (14), the Czech Republic (47), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (4), Morocco (49), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (4), United States (7: Alaska, Nevada, New York), Uzbekistan (3), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 153 collections including 372 occurrences