†order Ellesmerocerida Flower and Kummel, Jr. 1950 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida

Alternative spelling: Ellesmeroceratida

Full reference: R. H. Flower and B. Kummel, Jr. 1950. A Classification of the Nautiloidea. Journal of Paleontology 24(5):604-616

Parent taxon: Cephalopoda according to A. Pohle et al. 2022

See also Crick 1981, Evans 2005, Evans 2011, Flower 1964, Kröger and Evans 2011, Kröger and Lefebvre 2012, Kröger and Mutvei 2005, Mutvei 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Teichert et al. 1964 and Unklesbay and Young 1956

Sister taxa: Actinoceratoidea, Akidocheilus, Ammonoidea, Anomalosaepiidae, Avramidiscus, Bactritoidea, Barrandeocerida, Belosaepia, Burronoceras, Coleoidea, Dartoceras, Davidiceras, Desmoceras, Didymoceras, Ectocochlia, Endoceratoidea, Endocycloceratidae, Erlangericheilus, Gonatocheilus, Hadrocheilus, Irianoceras, Lamellaptychus, Leptocheilus, Mesoteuthoidea, Multiceratoidea, Nautiloidea, Nautilus (Solenochilus), Ohioceratidae, Orthoceratoidea, Orthoceratoidea, Palaeoteuthis, Plectronocerida, Rhyncholithes, Rhynchoteuthis, Robsonoceratidae, Scaptorrhynchus, Sichunoceras, Stemtonoceratidae, Teratoceroides, Tetrabranchiata, Tillicheilus, Toxancyloceras, Werthenoceras, Yanhecerida

Subtaxa: Acaroceratidae Antacaroceras Balkoceratidae Bambusoceras Bathmoceratidae Cyptendocerina Cyrtocerinina Ellesmeroceratidae Ellesmeroceratina Eocyckistomiceras Eothinoceratidae Huaiheceratidae Hunyuenoceras Parapalaeoceras Phthanoncoceratidae Plectronoceratidae Plectronoceratina Protocycloceratidae Qiushougouceras Rioceratidae Rudolfoceratidae Shideleroceratidae Theskeloceras Vassaroceras Xiaoshaoceras

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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