Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Synonyms: Acanthophiceras Diener 1916, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) Diener 1916
Full reference: C. L. Griesbach. 1880. Palaeontological notes on the Lower Trias of the Himalayas. Records of the Geological Survey of India 13:94-113
Parent taxon: Ophiceratidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Discophiceras, Lytophiceras, Sakhaites, Shangganites, Vishnuites, Wordieoceras
Subtaxa: Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) poulseni, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) subgibbosum, Ophiceras bilotense, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras demissum, Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras himalayanum, Ophiceras medium, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras transitorium
Type: Ophiceras tibeticum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore