†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
Type: Bisonoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (5 collections)
• Ordovician of China (1), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence