The Brevicoceratidae is a family of oncocerids that contains genera characterized by exogastric (or rarely endogastric) gyrocones, brevicones, and torticones.

[1][2] that tend to develop vestigial actinosiphonate deposits and subtriangular transverse sections.

The Brevicoceratidae are derived from Oonoceras (Oncoceratidae) and range from the mid-Silurian to the Upper Devonian.

[2] Brevicoceratidae is named for the Middle Devonian genus, Brevicoceras, from North America.

The family begins with Oxygonioceras in the Middle Silurian,[2] sole recognized representative of that time, and reaches its greatest diversity with 12 genera in the Middle Devonian.