Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Alternative spelling: Vavilovites (Tompoproptychites)
Full reference: M. N. Vavilov and Y. D. Zakharov. 1976. Reviziya Rannetriasovogo roda Pachyproptychites. Morfologiya i Sistematika Iskopaemykh Bespozvonochnykh Dal'nego Vostoka 60-67
Parent taxon: Proptychitidae according to M. E. Clapham 2011
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, Tulongites, Vavilovites, Wailiceras, Xiaoqiaoceras
Subtaxa: Tompoproptychites umbonatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore