†family Gephuroceratidae Frech 1897 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae
Parent taxon: Gephurocerataceae according to D. Korn 2006
See also Korn and Klug 2002 and Yatskov 1990
Sister taxa: Acanthoclymeniidae, Devonopronoritidae, Koenenitidae, Taouzitidae
Subtaxa: Archoceratinae Gephuroceratinae Maternoceratinae Trimanticoceratinae Virginoceratinae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (51), Canada (2: Ontario), France (1), Germany (18), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (84), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (52: Iowa, New York, Ohio), Western Sahara (2)
Total: 219 collections including 475 occurrences