Xiaoxiangoceras Chen et al. 1981 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

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: Leurocycloceratinae according to J. Y. Chen et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Bohemites, Euthyocycloceras, Leurocycloceras, Obliocycloceras, Obliocycloceroides

Subtaxa: Xiaoxiangoceras pseudoseptatum Xiaoxiangoceras xiaoxiangense

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Type: Xiaoxiangoceras xiaoxiangense

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yulongsi Formation Yunnanoceras assemblage (Silurian of China)

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