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Orthoceratidae
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Taxonomy
Orthoceratidae was named by McCoy (1844).
It was assigned to Orthochoanites by Strand (1934); to Michelinoceratida by Flower (1962); to Orthocerataceae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Evans (1994); to Orthoceratina by Kröger (2013); and to Orthocerida by Teichert and Miller (1939), Evans (2005), Kröger et al. (2007), Kröger (2008), Kröger et al. (2011) and Kröger and Aubrechtova (2017).
It was assigned to Orthochoanites by Strand (1934); to Michelinoceratida by Flower (1962); to Orthocerataceae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Evans (1994); to Orthoceratina by Kröger (2013); and to Orthocerida by Teichert and Miller (1939), Evans (2005), Kröger et al. (2007), Kröger (2008), Kröger et al. (2011) and Kröger and Aubrechtova (2017).
Subtaxa
Chebbioceras, Copiceras, Infundibuloceras, Kopaninoceras, Merocycloceras, Michelinoceras, Ogygoceras, Orthoceras (syn. Orthoceros), Orthocycloceras, Oxfordoceras, Palorthoceras, Pleurorthoceras, Pojetoceras, Prohypogeophis, Prohypogeophis tunariensis, Pseudospyroceras, Striatocycloceras, Theoceras, Tibichoanoceras, Trematoceras
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Orthoceratidae McCoy |
| 1934 | Orthoceratidae Strand |
| 1936 | Orthocerotidae Miller and Teichert |
| 1939 | Orthoceratidae Teichert and Miller |
| 1944 | Orthocerotidae Ulrich et al. |
| 1945 | Prohypogeophis Marcus |
| 1945 | Prohypogeophis tunariense Marcus |
| 1962 | Orthoceratidae Flower |
| 1964 | Orthoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 224 |
| 1994 | Orthoceratidae Evans p. 18 |
| 2005 | Orthoceratidae Evans p. 224 |
| 2007 | Orthoceratidae Kröger et al. |
| 2008 | Orthoceratidae Kröger |
| 2011 | Orthoceratidae Kröger et al. |
| 2013 | Orthoceratidae Kröger |
| 2017 | Orthoceratidae Kröger and Aubrechtova |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available