Alternative spelling: Adrianitaceae
Parent taxon: Goniatitina according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 1989 and Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Agathiceratoidea, Cycloloboidea, Dimorphoceratoidea, Gastrioceratoidea, Girtyocerataceae, Goniatitidae, Goniatitoidea, Gonioloboceratoidea, Marathonitoidea, Neodimorphoceratoidea, Neoglyphioceratoidea, Neoicoceratoidea, Nomismoceratoidea, Pericycloidea, Popanoceratoidea, Schistoceratoidea, Shumarditoidea, Somoholitoidea, Thalassoceratoidea
Subtaxa: Adrianitidae Palermoceratidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (6 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (3: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (12), East Timor (1), India (1), Indonesia (4), Iraq (1), Italy (6), Japan (4), Kazakhstan (7), Malaysia (4), Mexico (9), Oman (6), the Russian Federation (11), Tajikistan (58), Thailand (2), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (36: Idaho, Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (16: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 194 collections including 281 occurrences