†family Bisonoceratidae Evans and King 2012 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Bisonoceratidae

Full reference: D. H. Evans and A. H. King. 2012. Resolving polyphyly within the Endocerida: The Bisonocerida nov., a new order of early palaeozoic nautiloids. Geobios 45(1):19-28

Parent taxon: Bisonocerida according to D. H. Evans and A. H. King 2012

Sister taxa: Allotrioceratidae, Chihlioceratidae, Coreanoceratidae, Emmonsoceratidae, Humeoceratidae, Manchuroceratidae, Padunoceratidae, Piloceratidae, Proterovaginoceratidae, Sinoendoceratidae

Subtaxa: Bisonoceras Disphenoceras Parapiloceras

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Type: Bisonoceras

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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