Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Acleistoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Yannanoceras
Full reference: J. Y. Chen, G. W. Liu, and T. E. Chen. 1981. Silurian nautiloid faunas of central and southwestern China. Memoirs of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 13:1-104
Parent taxon: Acleistoceratidae according to J. Y. Chen et al. 1981
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acleistoceras, Amphicyrtoceras, Anomeioceras, Austinoceras, Byronoceras, Chadwickoceras, Clionyssiceras, Crateroceras, Ectocyrtoceras, Euryrizoceras, Galtoceras, Grimsbyoceras, Hercocyrtoceras, Paracleistoceras, Perioidanoceras, Poteriocerina, Rhomboceras, Slocomoceras, Streptoceras, Tumidoceras, Worthenoceras
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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