Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Forbesiceratidae
Full reference: C. W. Wright. 1952. A Classification of the Cretaceous Ammonites. Journal of Paleontology 26(2):213-222
Parent taxon: Acanthoceratoidea according to W. J. Kennedy and N. J. Morris 2018
Sister taxa: Acanthoceratidae, Brancoceratidae, Cleoniceratidae, Coilopoceratidae, Collignoniceratidae, Flickiidae, Hystatoceratidae, Leymeriellidae, Lyelliceratidae, Mojsisovicsiidae, Peroniceratidae, Prolyelliceratidae, Pseudotissotidae, Pseudotissotiidae, Sphenodiscidae, Tissotiidae, Vascoceratidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Brazil (2), Egypt (1), France (8), Iran (2), Japan (4), Madagascar (5), Nigeria (7), Peru (1), South Africa (2), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (12: California, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 56 collections including 62 occurrences