1994  Lenzites Becker & House: 92.
     2001  Lenzites.-Klug: 499. [Included in Mimoceratidae].
     2002  Lenzites.-Korn & Klug: 63.

Type species: Teicherticeras lenzi House & Pedder, 1963, p.508 [OD]

B:   Convex growth lines, rursiradiate, later biconvex rursiradiate.
C:   Course of ribs like growth lines, no prominent ribbing in middle and outer whorls. Flattened or slightly bicarinate venter.

Klug, 2001, p.499: Shell of moderate to moderately large size, advolute to evolute; with a minor imprint zone. Whorl cross section subtrapezoidal to subrectangular, laterally flattened, tabular to bicarinate venter. Moderately wide umbilicus. Moderately high to high whorl expansion rate (2.2 to 3.0). Ribs and growth lines thin, initially convex, later biconvex with a shallow and asymmetric lateral sinus, a small ventrolateral projection, and a moderately deep external sinus; their course is gently rursiradiate. Ribs are only present in early growth stages. The suture line consists of a broadly rounded lateral lobe, a ventrolateral saddle, and maybe a small external lobe; septa sometimes with very subtle lateral inflexions.

Comparisons (Klug, 2001, p.499): It is agreed herein with the hypothesis of the intermediate phylogenetic position of Lenzites BECKER & HOUSE 1994 between Teicherticeras and Gyroceratites, as mentioned by BECKER & HOUSE (1994), based on the ornamentation and the conch form. The elements of the sculpture are rursiradiate in Teicherticeras and prorsiradiate with a high ventrolateral salient in Gyroceratites. The close relationship of Lenzites to Teicherticeras is indicated by the rursiradiate course of the growth lines in early growth stages of Lenzites, whereas later growth stages of Lenzites display biconvex growth lines with a low ventrolateral salient. Its shape can be considered as intermediate because it is less deep than in Gyroceratites. In contrast to Teicherticeras, the ventrolateral edges are angular or similar to Gyroceratites. As in Teicherticeras, the presence of an imprint zone is a variable character in Lenzites. L. lenzi (HOUSE & PEDDER 1963) sometimes displays kidney-shaped impressions next to the median part of the ventral sinuses of the growth lines (BECKER & HOUSE 1994: pl. 1, fig. 10).

A:   Conch advolute or slightly evolute.
C:   Ribs with low ventrolateral salient.