Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Polyelasmoceratidae

Full reference: C. Teichert and B. F. Glenister. 1952. Fossil Nautiloid Faunas from Australia. Journal of Paleontology 26(5):730-752

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert and Glenister 1952

Sister taxa: Codoceras, Coelocyrtoceras, Cyrtocheilus, Danaoceras, Evlanoceras, Hipparionoceras, Macrodomoceras, Pectinoceras, Polyelasmoceras, Turoceras, Wadeoceras

Subtaxa: Brachydomoceras erectum

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Type: Brachydomoceras erectum

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at McLarty's Gully, 3 miles N. of Buchan (Devonian of Australia)

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