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Orthechioceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthechioceras was named by Trueman and Williams (1925).

It was synonymized subjectively with Paltechioceras by Bremer (1965).

It was assigned to Echioceratidae by Blau (1998) and Howarth (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Homechioceras Trueman and Williams
1925Orthechioceras Trueman and Williams p. 706
1998Orthechioceras Blau p. 206
2013Orthechioceras Howarth p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913
genusOrthechiocerasTrueman and Williams 1925

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.

G. †Orthechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925
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Orthechioceras edmundi Dumortier 1867
Orthechioceras viticola Dumortier 1867
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Invalid names: Turrilites boblayei d'Orbigny 1843 [synonym]
Invalid names: Homechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available