Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Synonyms: Pericycloceratidae Zhao and Zheng 1977, Pericycloceratinae Zhao and Zheng 1977
Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
Parent taxon: Neoicoceratoidea according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 1989 and Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Anuitidae, Aulacogastrioceratidae, Eupleuroceratidae, Neoicoceratidae, Paragastrioceratidae, Pseudogastrioceratidae, Spirolegoceratidae
Subtaxa: Clinolobinae Eothinitinae Metalegoceratinae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (13 collections), Canada (2: Nunavut, Yukon), China (11), East Timor (2), Indonesia (7), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (14), Malaysia (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (16), Tajikistan (51), United States (23: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 143 collections including 213 occurrences