†family Silesitidae Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)
Parent taxon: Ammonitina according to F. A. Medina and A.C. Riccardi 2005
Sister taxa: Acanthocerataceae, Desmoceratidae, Engonoceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Haplocerataceae, Hildoceratoidea, Hoplitaceae, Kossmaticeratidae, Neokanabiceras, Perisphinctaceae, Perisphinctoidea, Psiloceratoidea, Pulchelliaceae, Simoceratidae, Sphaeroceratoidea, Stephanocerataceae, Usseliceras
Subtaxa: Neoastieria, Piatnitzkyceras, Silesites, Silesitoidinae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore