†family Pseudotirolitidae Zhao 1965 (ceratite)
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Pseudotirolitidae
Parent taxon: Xenodiscaceae according to D. Korn 2006
See also Leonova 2002 and Tozer 1981
Sister taxa: Dzhulfitidae, Dzulfitidae, Hemilecanitidae, Huananoceratidae, Kashmiritidae, Kraffticeras, Liuchengoceratidae, Paraceltitidae, Pleuronodoceratidae, Tapashanitidae, Xenoceltitidae, Xenodiscidae
Subtaxa: Chaotianoceras Dushanoceras Pachydiscoceras Pernodoceras Pseudotirolites Schizoloboceras Trigonogastrites
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian to Triassic of China (2 collections)
• Permian of China (149), Iran (3), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1)
Total: 156 collections including 265 occurrences