Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Heteroceratidae
Parent taxon: Ancyloceratoidea according to D. Bert et al. 2023
See also Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger 1986, Frau et al. 2016, Teichert et al. 1964 and Wright 1952
Sister taxa: Acrioceratidae, Ancyloceratidae, Hemihoplitidae, Himantoceratidae, Labeceratidae, Leptoceratoididae, Macroscaphitidae, Paraspiticeras, Ptychoceratidae
Subtaxa: Barguesiella Calanquites Giovaraites Hemibaculites Heteroceras Heteroceratinae Lazariniceras Martelites Uhligia
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Austria (3), Chile (4), Colombia (1), Czechia (1), France (15), Georgia (2), Iran (29), Italy (1), Japan (2), Madagascar (2), Morocco (23), Serbia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (36), Türkiye (1), United States (5: California, Kansas, Wyoming)
Total: 129 collections including 200 occurrences