MolluscaBase taxon details
Orthoceratidae F. McCoy, 1844 †
1374986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1374986)
accepted
Family
Michelinoceratidae Flower, 1945 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Michelinoceratinae Flower, 1945 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Orthoceratinae F. McCoy, 1844 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Bogoslovskya Zhuravleva, 1978 †
- Genus Infundibuloceras Klug, Kröger, Korn, Rücklin, Schemm-Gregory, De Baets & Mapes, 2008 †
- Genus Kopaninoceras Kiselev, 1969 †
- Genus Leurocycloceras Foerste, 1928 †
- Genus Malayorthoceras Niko, Sone & Leman, 2019 †
- Genus Mericoceras Zhuravleva, 1978 †
- Genus Mesnaquaceras Flower, 1955 †
- Genus Michelinoceras Foerste, 1932 †
- Genus Mimogeisonoceras Shimansky, 1968 †
- Genus Orthoceras Bruguière, 1789 †
- Genus Orthocycloceras Barskov, 1972 †
- Genus Palorthoceras Kröger, Beresi & Landing, 2007 †
- Genus Pleurorthoceras Flower, 1962 †
- Genus Pojetoceras R. C. Frey, 1995 †
- Genus Pseudospyroceras Kröger, 2008 †
- Genus Rizosceras Hyatt, 1883 †
- Genus Sorosoceras D. H. Evans, M. Ghobadi Pour, L. E. Popov & H. Jahangir 2021 †
- Genus Striatocycloceras Kröger & Isakar, 2006 †
- Genus Subtheoceras Pohle & Klug, 2018 †
- Genus Tenuitheoceras L. Frey, Naglik, R. Hofmann, Schemm-Gregory, Frýda, Kröger, P. D. Taylor, M. A. Wilson & Klug, 2014 †
- Genus Theoceras Kröger, 2008 †
- Genus Tibichoanoceras Kröger, 2008 †
- Genus Wardoceras S. C. Hook & Flower, 1977 †
- Genus Wennanoceras J.-Y. Chen, 1976 †
- Genus Loxoceras F. M'Coy, 1844 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Genus Protobactrites Hyatt, 1900 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subfamily Kionoceratinae Hyatt, 1900 † accepted as Kionoceratidae Hyatt, 1900 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Michelinoceratinae Flower, 1945 † accepted as Orthoceratidae F. McCoy, 1844 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Orthocera Brugiere, 1798 † accepted as Orthoceras Bruguière, 1789 † (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Subfamily Orthoceratinae F. McCoy, 1844 † accepted as Orthoceratidae F. McCoy, 1844 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Orthoceratites Gesner, 1758 † accepted as Orthoceras Bruguière, 1789 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 230)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
M'Coy, F. (1844). A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland. <em>University Press, Dublin.</em> 207 pp. + pls. 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11998389
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Orthoceratidae F. McCoy, 1844 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1374986 on 2026-07-13
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original description
M'Coy, F. (1844). A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland. <em>University Press, Dublin.</em> 207 pp. + pls. 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11998389
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Michelinoceratidae Flower, 1945 †) Flower, R. H. (1945). Classification of Devonian Nautiloids. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 33(3): 675-724., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/2421185
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Evans, D. H. (2005). The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 158(623): 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/25761900.2022.12131803 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Michelinoceratidae Flower, 1945 †) Flower, R. H. (1945). Classification of Devonian Nautiloids. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 33(3): 675-724., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/2421185
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Evans, D. H. (2005). The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 158(623): 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/25761900.2022.12131803 [details] Available for editors