Plectronocerida

Plectronocerida
Temporal range: Upper Cambrian
Plectronoceras life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Superorder: †Plectronoceratoidea
Order: †Plectronocerida
Teichert, 1988
Families and genera

Plectronoceratidae

†Plectronoceras
†Paraplectronoceras
†Eodiaphragmoceras
†Jiagouceras
†Lunanoceras
†Paleoceras

Balkoceratidae

†Balkoceras
†Theskaloceras

Plectronocerida is a primitive order from which subsequent cephalopod orders are ultimately derived.[1][2]

  1. ^ Jun-Yuan, Chen; Teichert, Curt (1983). "Cambrian cephalopods". Geology. 11 (11): 647. Bibcode:1983Geo....11..647J. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1983)11<647:CC>2.0.CO;2.
  2. ^ Curt Teichert, 1988. Main Features of Cephalopod Evolution. The Mollusca Vol. 12 Paleontology and Neontology of Cephalopds; Academic Pres Inc.