Alternative spelling: Rutoceratida
Parent taxon: Nautilida according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1967
See also Cook and Wade 1997
Sister taxa: Adeloceras, Aipoceratoidea, Aktubonautilidae, Alethynoceras, Anepheloceras, Anglonautlis, Askeatonolucidum, Bastindoceras, Bisiphytes, Capriocornites, Catastroboceras, Centroceratidae, Clydonautiloidea, Conchorhynchus, Danzikoceras, Dasbergoceras, Dentalium (Antalis) acumen, Dentoceratidae, Dzhinsetoceras, Exoticeras, Geitonoceras, Grzegorzewskia, Krykyloceras, Kummeloceras, Mahoningoceras, Menuthionautlis, Nautiloidea, Nautilorhynchus, Nautilus delphinus, Nautilus marcoui, Nautilus normannicus, Neobistrialites, Nikenautilus, Palaskensis, Parachouteauoceras, Paranautilidae, Permonautilidae, Piratoceras, Pleuronautilidae, Pseudocatastroboceras, Pseudophacoceras, Pseudostenopoceras, Pteronautilus, Soakinautilus, Syringonautilidae, Tainoceratina, Tainoceratoidea, Thaymastoceras, Thrincoceratidae, Uloceras, Vertorhizoceras, Yakutionautilus
Subtaxa: Rutocerataceae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (4 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Australia (2), Canada (3: Ontario), the Czech Republic (10), Germany (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: New York)
• Silurian of United States (3: New York)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), Norway (1)
Total: 36 collections including 41 occurrences