†family Acleistoceratidae Flower 1950 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Acleistoceratidae

Parent taxon: Oncoceratida according to C. Teichert et al. 1964

See also Chen et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Agrioceras, Aktjuboceratidae, Alloceras, Almaloceras, Anonymoceras, Anthomorpha, Antonoceras, Aphyctoceras, Apioceras, Archiacoceratidae, Atomoceras, Balashovia, Barskoceras, Brevicoceratidae, Corbuloceras, Corysoceras, Cyrthocerataceae, Cyrtoceras, Devonocheilidae, Diestoceratidae, Doleroceras, Eocyrtoceras, Eudoceras, Gomphoceras, Graciloceratidae, Guangyuanoceras, Guangyuanoceroides, Hemiphragmoceratidae, Iowoceras, Jovellaniidae, Karoceratidae, Kophinoceras, Lychnoceras, Megaloceras, Mimolychnoceras, Mnemoceras, Nelimenia, Nothoceratidae, Oligoceras, Oncoceratidae, Oonoceratidae, Oratoceras, Pachtoceras, Polyelasmoceratidae, Poterioceratidae, Pseudobrevicoceras, Pyramidoceras, Ramussenoceras, Rutoceratoidea, Spanioceras, Sycoceras, Torquatoceras, Trigonodema, Trimeroceratidae, Tripleuroceratidae, Valcouroceratidae, Wetherbyoceras, Xainzanoceras

Subtaxa: Acleistoceras Amphicyrtoceras Anomeioceras Austinoceras Byronoceras Chadwickoceras Clionyssiceras Crateroceras Ectocyrtoceras Euryrizoceras Galtoceras Grimsbyoceras Hercocyrtoceras Paracleistoceras Perioidanoceras Poteriocerina Rhomboceras Slocomoceras Streptoceras Tumidoceras Worthenoceras Yunnanoceras

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Type: Acleistoceras

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (7: Ohio)

• Silurian of Canada (12: Manitoba, Quebec, Québec), China (3), Italy (2), United States (6: Iowa, Wisconsin)

• Ordovician of Norway (1)

Total: 33 collections including 48 occurrences

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