Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Parent taxon: Proptychitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Arctomeekoceras, Bukkenites, Clypeoceratoides, Discoproptychites, Dunedinites, Evenites, Guodunites, Gyronites, Heibergites, Hubeitoceras, Koninckitoides, Koninickites, Kummelia, Leyeceras, Monneticeras, Nanningites, Pachyproptychites, Pleurogyronites, Prionolobus, Proptychites, Pseudaspidites, Pseudoproptychites, Tompoproptychites, Tulongites, Vavilovites, Wailiceras, Xiaoqiaoceras
Subtaxa: Kingites declivis, Kingites discoidalis, Kingites korni, Kingites korostelevi, Kingites lens, Kingites minutus, Kingites parkashi, Kingites thulensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore