†Vavilovites (ceratite)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Parent taxon: Proptychitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Arctomeekoceras, Bukkenites, Clypeoceratoides, Discoproptychites, Dunedinites, Evenites, Guodunites, Gyronites, Heibergites, Hubeitoceras, Kingites, Koninckitoides, Koninickites, Kummelia, Leyeceras, Monneticeras, Nanningites, Pachyproptychites, Pleurogyronites, Prionolobus, Proptychites, Pseudaspidites, Pseudoproptychites, Tompoproptychites, Tulongites, Wailiceras, Xiaoqiaoceras
Subtaxa: Vavilovites compressus, Vavilovites kuluensis, Vavilovites obtusus, Vavilovites subtriangularis, Vavilovites sverdrupi, Vavilovites turgidus
Type: Paranorites sverdrupi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore