PaleoDB taxon number: 54460
Synonyms: Cyclonematidae Fischer 1885 (no. 116054), Palaeocapulidae Grabau 1936 (no. 116057), Platyostomatidae Miller 1889 (no. 116055), Strophostylidae Grabau and Shimer 1909 (no. 116056)
Full reference: J. Hall. 1859. Contributions to the palaeontology of New York: being some of the results of investigations during the years 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 12:8-110
Parent taxon: Platyceratacea according to P. J. Wagner 2020
Sister taxa: Craspedostomatidae, Cyclonemidae, Nerrhenidae
Subtaxa: Barynema, Basiplanus, Brokenriveria, Cancellator, Cancelloplatyceras, Compsonema, Crossoceras, Cyclonema, Devononema, Euthyrhachis, Himantonia, Lotzia, Naticellina, Naticonema, Naticonoda, Natirhenia, Nonorios, Obscuropsis, Paffrathia, Palaeocapulus, Platyceras, Platyschisma, Ploconema, Praenatica, Pseudoplatyceras, Pseudorthonychiinae, Ptychospirina, Radvanospira, Rhabdocantha, Spinyplatyceras, Spiranodus, Spironemella, Strophostylus, Strotostoma, Stuckenbergispira, Tachloconcha, Turbonellininae
Type: Platyceras
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage