Parent taxon: Tornoceratina according to J. Bockwinkel et al. 2015
See also Bockwinkel et al. 2013, Bockwinkel et al. 2013, Bockwinkel and Korn 2015, Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Korn et al. 2016 and Korn and Klug 2002
Sister taxa: Karagandoceratoidea, Praeglyphioceratoidea, Prionoceratoidea, Pseudohaloritoidea, Tornoceratoidea
Subtaxa: Kirsoceratidae Parodoceratidae Pseudoclymeniidae Tornoceratidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Colorado collections)
• Devonian of Algeria (7), Australia (71), China (2), France (2), Germany (24), Kazakhstan (7), Morocco (13), Poland (9), the Russian Federation (74), Spain (2), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (103: Montana, New York, Ohio), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 322 collections including 491 occurrences