†family Schistoceratidae Schmidt 1929 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Parent taxon: Schistoceratoidea according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006
Sister taxa: Christioceratidae, Orulganitidae, Pseudoparalegoceratidae, Welleritidae
Subtaxa: Bendoceras Branneroceras Diaboloceras Eoschistoceras Inzeroceras Paralegoceras Paraschistoceras Rodiezmoceras Schistoceras Trettinoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (1 collection), Timor-Leste (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (24: Nunavut), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (5), United States (106: Arkansas, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 148 collections including 166 occurrences