Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Synonyms: Anuites Andrianov 1985, Pseudosverdrupites Kutygin 1996

Full reference: W. W. Nassichuk. 1970. Permian ammonoids from Devon and Melville Islands, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Journal of Paleontology 44(1):77-97

Parent taxon: Spirolegoceratinae according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Archboldiceras, Spirolegoceras

Subtaxa: Pseudosverdrupites budnikovi, Sverdrupites amundseni, Sverdrupites baraiensis, Sverdrupites bogoslovskayae, Sverdrupites harkeri, Sverdrupites kosynskyi

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore