Alternative spelling: Multiceratia
Full reference: H. Mutvei. 2013. Characterization of nautiloid orders Ellesmerocerida, Oncocerida, Tarphycerida, Discosorida and Ascocerida: new superorder Multiceratoidea. G F F 135(2):171-183
Parent taxon: Cephalopoda according to A. Pohle et al. 2022
See also King and Evans 2019 and Mutvei 2013
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, Nautilia, Nautiloidea, Ohioceratidae, Orthoceratoidea, Palaeoteuthis, Plectronoceratia, Plectronocerida, Rhyncholithes, Rhynchoteuthis, Robsonoceratidae, Scaptorrhynchus, Sichunoceras, Stemtonoceratidae, Tarphyceratia, Teratoceroides, Tetrabranchiata, Tillicheilus, Werthenoceras, Yanhecerida
Subtaxa: Apocrinoceratidae Apsidoceratidae Ascocerida Bassleroceratidae Clinoceratidae Cyclostomiceratidae Cyrtocerinida Discosorida Oncocerida Tarphycerida Uranoceratidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore