Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Parent taxon: Agathiceratoidea according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Korn et al. 1999, Leonova 1989, Leonova 2002 and Titus 2000
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Agathiceras Gaetanoceras Paragathiceras Pericleites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (4: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (20), East Timor (2), Greece (1), Indonesia (4), Iran (1), Iraq (1), Italy (5), Japan (11), Kazakhstan (10), Malaysia (6), Mexico (1), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (7), Tajikistan (72), Thailand (6), Tunisia (2), Ukraine (1), United States (49: California, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Iran (2), Kazakhstan (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut), Kazakhstan (10), the Russian Federation (17), Tajikistan (1), United States (7: Texas)
Total: 245 collections including 273 occurrences