Parent taxon: Ammonoidea according to A. A. Shevyrev 2006
Sister taxa: Aequiloboidea, Agoniatitida, Ammonites hercules, Ammonites ludovicus, Ammonitida, Aptychus, Aulicostephanidae, Ceratitida, Clymeniida, Cornaptychus, Egrabensiceras, Ellipsolithes, Epimayites, Eubranoceras, Farbesiceras, Forbescieras, Globites, Gomimonomeroceras, Goniatitida, Laevaptychus, Laevicornaptychus, Lenticeratidae, Lilinthiceras, Lytoceratida, Medlicottiida, Orbulites, Pelagus, Phylloceratida, Phylloceratitida, Phyllocerida, Planulites, Praeglyphioceratida, Prolecanitida, Pronoritida, Proplanulitidae, Psiloceratida, Ptychoceratoidea, Punctaptychus, Rugaptychus, Sidetes, Spinaptychus, Tornoceratida, Tornocerida, Trachyceratina, Tropitoidea, Yokoyamaceras
Subtaxa: Lytocerina Turrilitina
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore