†family Shumarditidae Plummer and Scott 1937 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Shumarditidae
Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
Parent taxon: Shumarditoidea according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006
Sister taxa: Parashumarditidae, Perrinitidae, Somoholitidae
Subtaxa: Preshumardites Pseudaktubites Shumardites
Type: Shumardites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (4), the Russian Federation (3), United States (16: Kansas, Texas)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences