†suborder Goniatitina Hyatt 1884 (ammonite)
Parent taxon: Goniatitida according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Aphanites, Cravenites, Cryptoclymenia, Cyclolobina, Gordonites, Mezorulganites, Prehoffmannia, Schuichengoceras, Subshumardites, Terektites, Thallassoceras, Tornoceratina, Trigonogastrioceras, Unquatornoceras
Subtaxa: Adrianitoidea, Agathiceratoidea, Cycloloboidea, Dimorphoceratoidea, Gastrioceratoidea, Goniatitoidea, Gonioloboceratoidea, Marathonitoidea, Neodimorphoceratoidea, Neoglyphioceratoidea, Neoicoceratoidea, Nomismoceratoidea, Pericycloidea, Popanoceratoidea, Schistoceratoidea, Shumarditoidea, Somoholitaceae, Thalassoceratoidea
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore