†family Ophidioceratidae Hyatt 1894 (mollusk)
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Ophidioceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ophidoceratidae
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 32(143):349-647
Parent taxon: Tarphyceratida according to C. Teichert et al. 1964
See also Chen et al. 1981 and Hyatt 1894
Sister taxa: Bateroboceras, Bodieceras, Craftonoceras, Discoceratidae, Estonioceratidae, Inclytoceras, Magdoceras, Pakrioceras, Pseudancistroceras, Tarphyceratidae, Trocholitidae, Weberoceratidae
Subtaxa: Ophioceras
Type: Ophioceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (4 collections), Sweden (6), United States (1: Wisconsin)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences