†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

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Type: Cheiloceras

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (22 collections), China (1), France (1), Germany (28), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (1), Poland (5), United States (11: New York)

Total: 71 collections including 159 occurrences

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