†family Cheiloceratidae Frech 1897 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae
Parent taxon: Prionocerataceae according to D. Korn 2006
See also Korn and Klug 2002
Sister taxa: Acrocanitidae, Gattendorfiidae, Prionoceratidae, Pseudarietitidae, Voehringeritidae
Subtaxa: Cheiloceratinae Nehdenitinae
Type: Cheiloceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
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