MolluscaBase taxon details
Plectronoceratidae Kobayashi, 1935 †
1740686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740686)
accepted
Family
Balkoceratidae Flower, 1964 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Protactinoceratidae J.-Y. Chen & D.-L. Qi, 1979 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Palaeoceras Flower, 1954 †
- Genus Plectronoceras Ulrich & Foerste, 1933 †
- Genus Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 †
- Genus Balkoceras Flower, 1964 † accepted as Palaeoceras Flower, 1954 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Benxioceras J.-Y. Chen & Teichert, 1983 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Eodiaphragmoceras J.-Y. Chen & D.-L. Qi, 1979 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hunyuanoceras J.-Y. Chen & Teichert, 1983 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Jiagouceras T.-E. Chen & X.-P. Zou, 1979 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lunanoceras J.-Y. Chen & D.-L. Qi, 1979 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Mastoceras J.-Y. Chen & Teichert, 1983 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Multicameroceras Kobayashi, 1933 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Parapalaeoceras L.-Z. Li, 1984 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paraplectronoceras J.-Y. Chen, D.-L. Qi & T.-E. Chen, 1979 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Physalactinoceras J.-Y. Chen & D.-L. Qi, 1979 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Protactinoceras J.-Y. Chen & D.-L. Qi, 1979 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Rectseptoceras X.-P. Zou & T.-E. Chen, 1979 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Theskeloceras J.-Y. Chen & Teichert, 1983 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Wanwanoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † accepted as Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Kobayashi, T. (1935). On the phylogeny of the primitive nautiloids, with descriptions of Plectronoceras liaotungense, new species and Iddingsia (?) shantungensis, new species. <em>Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography.</em> 12: 17-26. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plectronoceratidae Kobayashi, 1935 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740686 on 2026-09-22
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original description
Kobayashi, T. (1935). On the phylogeny of the primitive nautiloids, with descriptions of Plectronoceras liaotungense, new species and Iddingsia (?) shantungensis, new species. <em>Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography.</em> 12: 17-26. [details]
original description (of Protactinoceratidae J.-Y. Chen & D.-L. Qi, 1979 †) 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 Balkoceratidae Flower, 1964 †) 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): 33 [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 Protactinoceratidae J.-Y. Chen & D.-L. Qi, 1979 †) 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 Balkoceratidae Flower, 1964 †) 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): 33 [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]
