Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Synonyms: Erioliceratidae Van Hoepen 1955, Erioliceratinae Van Hoepen 1955
Parent taxon: Brancoceratidae according to A. Mosavinia et al. 2014
See also Cooper and Kennedy 1979, Förster 1975, Kennedy et al. 1998, Kennedy et al. 2008, Szives 2007 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxon: Mortoniceratinae
Subtaxa: Brancoceras Cantabrigites Erioliceras Hysteroceras Neokentroceras Parabrancoceras
Type: Brancoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (13 collections), Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Colombia (15), Curaçao (1), Ecuador (1), France (32), Iran (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (6), Mozambique (3), Nigeria (7), North Atlantic (1), Peru (1), Serbia (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Texas), Venezuela (2)
Total: 100 collections including 193 occurrences