†family Rangeroceratidae Evans 2005 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

Full reference: D. H. Evans. 2005. The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 623:1-81

Parent taxon: Dissidocerida according to B. Kröger and E. Landing 2009

Sister taxa: Bajkaloceratidae, Dissidocerataceae, Geisonoceratidae, Intejoceratidae, Polymeridae, Troedssonellaceae, Troedssonellidae

Subtaxa: Anrangeroceras Cyclorangeroceras Rangeroceras

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Type: Rangeroceras

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: New York)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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