Parent taxon: Oncoceratida according to C. Teichert et al. 1964
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acleistoceratidae, Agrioceras, Aktjuboceratidae, Alloceras, Almaloceras, Anonymoceras, Anthomorpha, Antonoceras, Aphyctoceras, Apioceras, Archiacoceratidae, Atomoceras, Balashovia, Brevicoceratidae, Corbuloceras, Corysoceras, Cyrthocerataceae, Cyrtoceras, Devonocheilidae, Diestoceratidae, Doleroceras, Eocyrtoceras, Eudoceras, 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: Gomphoceras eichwaldi Gomphoceras suboviforme
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Manitoba collection), United States (3: Alaska, New York)
• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana)
• Silurian of Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: California, New York)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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