†family Brachycycloceratidae Furnish et al. 1964 (mollusk)
Parent taxon: Orthocerataceae according to C. Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Dissidocerida, Offleyoceratidae, Orthocerida, Paraphragmitidae, Sactorthoceratidae, Slemmestadoceras
Subtaxa: Brachycycloceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore