†superfamily Acanthocerataceae de Grossouvre 1894 (ammonite)
Alternative spellings: Acanthoceratacea, Acanthoceratoidea
Parent taxon: Ammonitina according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Desmoceratidae, Engonoceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Haplocerataceae, Hildoceratoidea, Hoplitaceae, Kossmaticeratidae, Neokanabiceras, Perisphinctaceae, Perisphinctoidea, Psiloceratoidea, Pulchelliaceae, Silesitidae, Simoceratidae, Sphaeroceratoidea, Stephanocerataceae, Usseliceras
Subtaxa: Acanthoceratidae, Brancoceratidae, Coilopoceratidae, Collignoniceratidae, Flickiidae, Forbesiceratidae, Leymeriellidae, Libycoceratidae, Lyelliceratidae, Prolyelliceratidae, Pseudotissotiidae, Sphenodiscidae, Vascoceratidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore