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Plectronoceratida †
1727084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1727084)
Flower, 1964
accepted
Order
Plectronoceratia † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Plectronoceratina † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Plectronoceratoidea † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Plectronocerida † · alternative representation
Protactinoceratida † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Protactinocerida † · alternative representation
- Family Plectronoceratidae Kobayashi, 1935 †
- Family Balkoceratidae Flower, 1964 † accepted as Plectronoceratidae Kobayashi, 1935 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Suborder Plectronoceratina † accepted as Plectronoceratida † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Protactinoceratidae J.-Y. Chen & D.-L. Qi, 1979 † accepted as Plectronoceratidae Kobayashi, 1935 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Flower, R. H. (1964). The nautiloid order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). <em>State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir.</em> 12: 1-234., available online at https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/memoirs/downloads/12/Memoir-12.pdf [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plectronoceratida †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1727084 on 2026-09-18
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original description
Flower, R. H. (1964). The nautiloid order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). <em>State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir.</em> 12: 1-234., available online at https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/memoirs/downloads/12/Memoir-12.pdf [details]
original description (of Protactinoceratida †) Chen, J.-Y.; Zou, X.-P.; Chen, T.-E.; Qi, D.-L. (1979). Late Cambrian cephalopods of North China. Plectronocerida, Protactinocerida (ord. nov.) and Yanhecerida (ord. nov.). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.</em> 18:1-24 [in Chinese].
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Plectronocerida †) Chen, J.-Y.; Zou, X.-P.; Chen, T.-E.; Qi, D.-L. (1979). Late Cambrian cephalopods of North China. Plectronocerida, Protactinocerida (ord. nov.) and Yanhecerida (ord. nov.). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.</em> 18:1-24 [in Chinese]. [details]
original description (of Protactinocerida †) Chen, J.-Y.; Zou, X.-P.; Chen, T.-E.; Qi, D.-L. (1979). Late Cambrian cephalopods of North China. Plectronocerida, Protactinocerida (ord. nov.) and Yanhecerida (ord. nov.). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.</em> 18:1-24 [in Chinese]. [details]
original description (of Plectronoceratina †) Flower, R. H. (1964). The nautiloid order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). <em>State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir.</em> 12: 1-234., available online at https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/memoirs/downloads/12/Memoir-12.pdf
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Plectronoceratoidea †) Wade, M. (1988). Nautiloids and their descendants: cephalopod classification in 1986. <em>New Mexico Bureau of Mining & Mineral Resources, Memoir.</em> 44: 15-25. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record King, A. H.; Evans, D. H. (2019). High-level classification of the nautiloid cephalopods: a proposal for the revision of the Treatise Part K. <em>Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 138(1): 65-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-019-00186-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mutvei, H.; Zhang, Y.; Dunca, E. (2007). Late Cambrian plectronocerid nautiloids and their role in cephalopod evolution. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 50(6): 1327-1333., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00708.x
note: as Plectronocerida [details]
source of synonymy Pohle, A.; Jell, P.; Klug, C. (2024). Plectronoceratids (Cephalopoda) from the latest Cambrian at Black Mountain, Queensland, reveal complex three-dimensional siphuncle morphology, with major taxonomic implications. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12: e17003., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17003 [details]
original description (of Protactinoceratida †) Chen, J.-Y.; Zou, X.-P.; Chen, T.-E.; Qi, D.-L. (1979). Late Cambrian cephalopods of North China. Plectronocerida, Protactinocerida (ord. nov.) and Yanhecerida (ord. nov.). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.</em> 18:1-24 [in Chinese].
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Plectronocerida †) Chen, J.-Y.; Zou, X.-P.; Chen, T.-E.; Qi, D.-L. (1979). Late Cambrian cephalopods of North China. Plectronocerida, Protactinocerida (ord. nov.) and Yanhecerida (ord. nov.). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.</em> 18:1-24 [in Chinese]. [details]
original description (of Protactinocerida †) Chen, J.-Y.; Zou, X.-P.; Chen, T.-E.; Qi, D.-L. (1979). Late Cambrian cephalopods of North China. Plectronocerida, Protactinocerida (ord. nov.) and Yanhecerida (ord. nov.). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.</em> 18:1-24 [in Chinese]. [details]
original description (of Plectronoceratina †) Flower, R. H. (1964). The nautiloid order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). <em>State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir.</em> 12: 1-234., available online at https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/memoirs/downloads/12/Memoir-12.pdf
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Plectronoceratoidea †) Wade, M. (1988). Nautiloids and their descendants: cephalopod classification in 1986. <em>New Mexico Bureau of Mining & Mineral Resources, Memoir.</em> 44: 15-25. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record King, A. H.; Evans, D. H. (2019). High-level classification of the nautiloid cephalopods: a proposal for the revision of the Treatise Part K. <em>Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 138(1): 65-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-019-00186-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mutvei, H.; Zhang, Y.; Dunca, E. (2007). Late Cambrian plectronocerid nautiloids and their role in cephalopod evolution. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 50(6): 1327-1333., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00708.x
note: as Plectronocerida [details]
source of synonymy Pohle, A.; Jell, P.; Klug, C. (2024). Plectronoceratids (Cephalopoda) from the latest Cambrian at Black Mountain, Queensland, reveal complex three-dimensional siphuncle morphology, with major taxonomic implications. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12: e17003., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17003 [details]
