Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
Full reference: A. G. Unklesbay and R. S. Young. 1956. Early Ordovician nautiloids from Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):481-491
Parent taxon: Ellesmeroceratidae according to C. Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Albertoceras, Annoceras, Barnesoceras, Boreoceras, Bridgeoceras, Buehleroceras, Burenoceras, Caseoceras, Clarkoceras, Clelandoceras, Conocerina, Cumberloceras, Dakeoceras, Ectenoceras, Ectenolites, Ellesmeroceras, Eorudolfoceras, Eremoceras, Hemichoanella, Lebetoceras, Levisoceras, Llanoceras, Loxochoanella, Muriceras, Oelandoceras, Oneotoceras, Pachendoceras, Quebecoceras, Robsonoceras, Ruthenoceras, Shantungendoceras, Smithvilloceras, Stemtonoceras, Ventroloboceras, Walcottoceras, Woosteroceras
Subtaxa: Chepuloceras inelegans
Type: Chepuloceras inelegans
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore