†family Graciloceratidae Flower in Flower and Kummel 1950 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Graciloceratidae

Parent taxon: Oncocerida according to B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtová 2019

See also Crick 1981, Kröger 2007 and Kröger et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Acleistoceratidae, Agrioceras, Aktjuboceratidae, Alloceras, Almaloceras, Anonymoceras, Anthomorpha, Antonoceras, Aphyctoceras, Apioceras, Archiacoceratidae, Atomoceras, Balashovia, Barskoceras, Brevicoceratidae, Corbuloceras, Corysoceras, Cyrthocerataceae, Cyrtoceras, Devonocheilidae, Diestoceratidae, Doleroceras, Eocyrtoceras, Eudoceras, Gomphoceras, 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: Eorizoceras Graciloceras Isbergoceras Kundoceras Leonardoceras Piersaloceras Pomerantsoceras Porkunioceras Ringoceras

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Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)

• Hunderum of Sweden (1)

• Ordovician of Estonia (2), Norway (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Nevada, New York, Ohio)

Total: 12 collections including 18 occurrences

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