Yunnanoceras Chen et al. 1981 (mollusk)

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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