Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: A. Brayard and H. Bucher. 2008. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology. Fossils and Strata 55:1-179
Parent taxon: Proptychitidae according to A. Brayard et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Arctomeekoceras, Bukkenites, Clypeoceratoides, Discoproptychites, Dunedinites, Evenites, Gyronites, Heibergites, Hubeitoceras, Kingites, Koninckitoides, Koninickites, Kummelia, Leyeceras, Monneticeras, Nanningites, Pachyproptychites, Pleurogyronites, Prionolobus, Proptychites, Pseudaspidites, Pseudoproptychites, Tompoproptychites, Tulongites, Vavilovites, Wailiceras, Xiaoqiaoceras
Subtaxa: Guodunites hooveri, Guodunites monneti
Ecology: nektonic carnivore