Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae
Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and V. N. Shimanskiy. 1954. Nizhnepermskie svernutye i sognutye Nautiloidei yuzhnogo Urala. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 50:1-150
Parent taxon: Pleuronautiloidea according to D. Korn 2025
See also Shimanskiy 1967 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Aktubonautilidae, Foordiceratidae, Metacoceratidae, Mosquoceratidae, Pleuronautilidae, Rhiphaeoceratidae
Subtaxa: Celox Gzheloceras Heurekoceras Parametacoceras Pseudogzheloceras
Type: Gzheloceras
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (4 collections), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (3)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (2)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (8), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Russian Federation (5), Ukraine (6), United States (3: Missouri)
Total: 34 collections including 41 occurrences