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Pseudorthoceratidae Flower & Caster, 1935 †
1731351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1731351)
accepted
Family
Pseudorthoceratinae Flower & Caster, 1935 † · alternative representation (usage of subfamilies within...)
usage of subfamilies within Pseudorthoceratidae less widespread
- Genus Bergoceras Flower, 1939 †
- Subfamily Cayutoceratinae Flower, 1939 †
- Genus Euorthoceras Foerste, 1893 †
- Genus Fusicoceras Flower, 1939 †
- Genus Geidoloceras Kröger, 2008 †
- Genus Haloites J.-Y. Chen, 1981 †
- Genus Houdongoceras A.-H. Yang, D.-Y. Huang, B. Clark & C. Sendino, 2021 †
- Genus Mooreoceras Miller, Dunbar & Condra, 1933 †
- Genus Paraloxoceras Flower, 1939 †
- Genus Probatoceras Zhuravleva, 1978 †
- Genus Pseudocyrtoceras Schindewolf, 1943 †
- Genus Pseudorthoceras Girty, 1911 †
- Genus Subdoloceras Kröger, 2008 †
- Genus Subormoceras Kröger, 2008 †
- Genus Sueroceras Riccardi & Sabattini, 1975 †
- Genus Cryptorthoceras Flower, 1939 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Genus Diagoceras Flower, 1936 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Genus Petryoceras Flower, 1939 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subfamily Dolorthoceratinae Flower, 1939 † accepted as Spyroceratinae Shimizu & Obata, 1935 † represented as Spyroceratidae Shimizu & Obata, 1935 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Pseudorthoceratinae Flower & Caster, 1935 † represented as Pseudorthoceratidae Flower & Caster, 1935 † (usage of subfamilies within Pseudorthoceratidae less widespread)
- Subfamily Spyroceratinae Shimizu & Obata, 1935 † represented as Spyroceratidae Shimizu & Obata, 1935 † (usage of subfamilies within Pseudorthoceratidae less widespread)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Flower, R. H. & Caster, K. E. (1935). The stratigraphy and paleontology of northwestern Pennsylvania Part II: Paleontology section A: the cephalopod fauna of the Conewango series of the upper Devonian in New York and Pennsylvania. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 22(75): 197-270, pls. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30374188
page(s): 225 [details]
page(s): 225 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pseudorthoceratidae Flower & Caster, 1935 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1731351 on 2026-07-06
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Flower, R. H. & Caster, K. E. (1935). The stratigraphy and paleontology of northwestern Pennsylvania Part II: Paleontology section A: the cephalopod fauna of the Conewango series of the upper Devonian in New York and Pennsylvania. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 22(75): 197-270, pls. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30374188
page(s): 225 [details]
taxonomy source Kröger, B.; Mapes, R. H. (2004). Lower Carboniferous (Chesterian) embryonic orthoceratid nautiloids. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 78: 560–573., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0560:lcceon>2.0.co;2
page(s): 561-562 [details]
basis of record Niko, S.; Sone, M. (2015). Gondwanan nautiloid cephalopods from the Ordovician of Myanmar. <em>Paleontological Research.</em> 19(4): 288-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.2517/2015pr008 [details]
page(s): 225 [details]
taxonomy source Kröger, B.; Mapes, R. H. (2004). Lower Carboniferous (Chesterian) embryonic orthoceratid nautiloids. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 78: 560–573., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0560:lcceon>2.0.co;2
page(s): 561-562 [details]
basis of record Niko, S.; Sone, M. (2015). Gondwanan nautiloid cephalopods from the Ordovician of Myanmar. <em>Paleontological Research.</em> 19(4): 288-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.2517/2015pr008 [details]
