Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Brevicoceratidae
Parent taxon: Oncocerida according to B. Kröger 2008
See also Chen et al. 1981 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Acleistoceratidae, Agrioceras, Aktjuboceratidae, Alloceras, Almaloceras, Anonymoceras, Anthomorpha, Antonoceras, Aphyctoceras, Apioceras, Archiacoceratidae, Atomoceras, Balashovia, Barskoceras, 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: Blastocerina Brevicoceras Brevicoceratinae Cerovoceras Eleusoceras Exocyrtoceras Foersteoceras Gonionaedyceras Gyronaedyceras Mitroceras Naedyceras Ovoceras Oxygonioceras Stereotoceras Stereotoceratinae Verticoceras Wissenbachia
Type: Brevicoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (5: Manitoba, Ontario collections), the Czech Republic (1), Morocco (2), United States (2: New York)
• Silurian of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), United States (2: New York)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Manitoba)
Total: 15 collections including 21 occurrences