†family Melagathiceratidae Tozer 1971 (ceratite)
Parent taxon: Xenodiscaceae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Dzhulfitidae, Dzulfitidae, Galfettitidae, Hemilecanitidae, Huananoceratidae, Kashmiritidae, Kraffticeras, Liuchengoceratidae, Paraceltitidae, Pleuronodoceratidae, Pseudotirolitidae, Tapashanitidae, Xenoceltitidae, Xenodiscidae
Subtaxa: Hebeisenites, Jinyaceras, Juvenites, Melagathiceras, Ussurijuvenites
Type: Melagathiceras
Ecology: nektonic carnivore