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Orthoceratida †
Orthoceratoidea F. McCoy, 1844 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Orthocerida † · alternative representation
- Family Arionoceratidae Dzik, 1984 †
- Family Brachycycloceratidae Furnish, Glenister & Hansman, 1962 †
- Family Cycloceratidae Foerste, 1925 †
- Family Dawsonoceratidae Flower, 1962 †
- Family Eriditiidae J.-Y. Chen, 1981 †
- Family Orthoceratidae F. McCoy, 1844 †
- Family Sactorthoceratidae Flower, 1946 †
- Family Sichuanoceratidae Zhuravleva, 1978 †
- Family Stereoplasmoceratidae Kobayashi, 1934 †
- Family Eriditidae J.-Y. Chen, 1981 † accepted as Eriditiidae J.-Y. Chen, 1981 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Superfamily Orthoceratoidea F. McCoy, 1844 † accepted as Orthoceratida † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Orthoceratida †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1727098 on 2026-04-10
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original description
(of Orthoceratoidea F. McCoy, 1844 †) 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]
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
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page(s): 6 [details]
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
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