Alternative spelling: Plectonocerida
Parent taxon: Cephalopoda according to A. Pohle et al. 2022
See also King and Evans 2019, Mutvei 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinoceratoidea, Akidocheilus, Ammonoidea, Anomalosaepiidae, Avramidiscus, Barrandeocerida, Belosaepia, Burronoceras, Coleoidea, Dartoceras, Davidiceras, Desmoceras, Didymoceras, Ectocochlia, Ellesmerocerida, Endoceratoidea, Endocycloceratidae, Erlangericheilus, Gonatocheilus, Hadrocheilus, Irianoceras, Lamellaptychus, Leptocheilus, Mesoteuthoidea, Multiceratoidea, Nautilia, Nautiloidea, Ohioceratidae, Orthoceratoidea, Palaeoteuthis, Plectronoceratia, Rhyncholithes, Rhynchoteuthis, Robsonoceratidae, Scaptorrhynchus, Sichunoceras, Stemtonoceratidae, Tarphyceratia, Teratoceroides, Tetrabranchiata, Tillicheilus, Werthenoceras, Yanhecerida
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plectronocerida in the database