Parent taxon: Ceratitida according to V. Pieroni and M. Balini 2026
See also Shevyrev 2006
Sister taxa: Anfaceras, Arcestina, Arctohungaritidae, Bajarunia, Caribouceras, Carteria, Ceratites whitneyi, Ceratitiaceae, Ceratitina, Choristoceratoidea, Clydonitaceae, Coeloceltites, Courtilloticeras, Cycloceratidae, Dinaritoidea, Eschericeratites, Glabrites, Glabrites involucrus, Haidingerites, Jeanbesseiceras, Larenites, Lobitaceae, Lobitina, Meekocerataceae, Meekoceratina, Megaphyllitina, Megaphyllitoidea, Metassuria, Nathorstitaceae, Noritoidea, Obrutchevites, Otoceratina, Otocerina, Owenitidae, Paraacrochordiceras, Paraceltitina, Paraganides, Paratibites, Pinacoceratina, Poporites, Proavites, Procurvoceratites, Proptychitina, Protoceras, Sagecerataceae, Stolleites, Subacerites, Tapponnierites, Trachyceratoidea, Tropitaceae
Subtaxa: Ptychitoidea
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (5 collections), Austria (15), Bosnia and Herzegovina (13), Canada (36: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut), China (10), Croatia (1), Germany (2), Greece (8), Hungary (99), India (8), Italy (49), Japan (2), Malaysia (1), Nepal (2), New Zealand (1), Oman (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (27), Slovakia (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (39), Switzerland (6), Thailand (2), Timor-Leste (1), Tunisia (1), Türkiye (19), United States (43: Nevada)
Total: 397 collections including 562 occurrences