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Plectronoceratia

Cephalopoda

Taxonomy
Plectronoceratoidea was named by Wade (1988). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the subclass Plectronoceratia by King and Evans (2019).

It was assigned to Cephalopoda by King and Evans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Plectronoceratia King and Evans p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassPlectronoceratia(Wade 1988)
subclassPlectronoceratia(Wade 1988)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subcl. †Plectronoceratia Wade 1988
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Or. †Protactinoceratida Chen and Qi 1979
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Fm. †Protactinoceratidae Chen 1979
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G. †Sinoeremoceras Kobayashi 1933
G. †Wanwanoceras Kobayashi 1933
Invalid names: Plectronoceratida Flower 1964 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Cressagian or 486.40000 to 481.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1South Korea (Hwanghae-namdo) Wanwanoceras peculiare (39398)