Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Sactorthoceratidae
Parent taxon: Orthocerida according to K. Tongtherm et al. 2016
See also Flower 1962 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Acrosphaerorthoceras, Aptychopsis, Arionoceratidae, Arterioceras, Badouceras, Baltoceratidae, Bogoslovskya, Brachycycloceratidae, Chicagooceras, Cornuella, Cryptocycloceras, Cycloceras, Dictyoceras, Esopoceras, Folioceras, Garryoceras, Heloceras, Jangziceras, Joldagiroceras, Kentronites, Kionoceratidae, Loxoceras, Mericoceras, Molossus, Murchisoniceras, Naivs, Nebroceras, Neorthoceras, Orthoceratidae, Orthoceratina, Orthodochmiocerataceae, Paradnatoceras, Paramooreoceras, Plicatoceras, Podoliceras, Proteoceratidae, Pseudorthocerataceae, Pseudorthoceratoidea, Pythonoceras, Rhabdites, Rhipsites, Sannionites, Sichuanaceras, Sichuanoceratidae, Sphaerorthoceratidae, Sphaerortoceratidae, Subspyroceras, Tartaroceras, Tretoceras, Tripteroceratidae, Trispectes, Uralharuspex, Vericeras, Zhuralevia, Allumettoceratidae, Michelinoceratidae, Cycloceratidae, Engorthoceratidae, Choanoceratidae, Striatoceratidae, Eskimoceratidae
Subtaxa: Braulioceras Cartersoceras Centroonoceras Glenisteroceras Leptoplatophrenoceras Murrayoceras Sactorthoceras Scipioceras Sigmocycloceras Wennanoceras Wolungoceras
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (1: Wisconsin collection)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Vermont)
• Arenig of China (3)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario), China (3), Iran (2), Norway (1), South Korea (5), Thailand (1), United States (4: Kentucky, New York, Tennessee)
Total: 26 collections including 35 occurrences