†family Desmoceratidae Zittel 1895 (ammonite)
Parent taxon: Ammonitina according to F. A. Medina and A.C. Riccardi 2005
Sister taxa: Acanthocerataceae, Engonoceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Haplocerataceae, Hildoceratoidea, Hoplitaceae, Kossmaticeratidae, Neokanabiceras, Perisphinctaceae, Perisphinctoidea, Psiloceratoidea, Pulchelliaceae, Silesitidae, Simoceratidae, Sphaeroceratoidea, Stephanocerataceae, Usseliceras
Subtaxa: Barremitinae, Bassites, Beudanticeras, Beudanticeratinae, Boliteceras, Cophinoceras, Damesites, Desmoceratinae, Eodesmoceratinae, Hauericeratinae, Kennicottia, Mesopuzosia, Moremanoceras, Mossamedites, Neokotoceras, Onitshoceras, Pachydesmoceras, Puzosiinae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore