Orthoceratacea M'Coy, 1844

Kröger, Björn, 2004, Revision of Middle Ordovician orthoceratacean nautiloids from Baltoscandia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (1), pp. 57-74 : 59

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13272378

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F28786-B171-FF92-FFE4-FD486E81DDA2

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Felipe

scientific name

Orthoceratacea M'Coy, 1844
status

 

Superfamily Orthoceratacea M'Coy, 1844 [nom.

transl. Sweet 1964 ex Orthoceratidae M’Coy, 1844 ]

Diagnosis.—The shell of the Orthoceratacea is straight or slightly curved and smooth or ornamented and has a circular cross section. The siphuncle is central or subcentral with ortho− suborthochoanitic and seldom secondarily cyrtochoanitic, septal necks. Endosiphuncular and cameral deposits may occur.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Cephalopoda

Order

Orthocerida

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Cephalopoda

Order

Orthocerida

Family

Orthoceratidae

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