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Major classifications of nautiloid cephalopods are critically reviewed. It is suggested that this cephalopod group is subdivided into 5 subclasses and 17 orders: Ellesmeroceratoidea (including the orders Plectronocerida, Protactinocerida, Yanhecerida, and Ellesmerocerida), Endoceratoidea (including the orders Endocerida and Intejocerida), Actinoceratoidea (including the order Actinocerida), Nautiloidea (with the orders Basslerocerida, Tarphycerida, Lituitida, Discosorida, Oncocerida, and Nautilida), and Orthoceratoidea (including the orders Orthocerida, Ascocerida, Dissidocerida, and Bajkalocerida). The above orders are briefly described.
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Shevyrev, A.A. The cephalopod macrosystem: A historical review, the present state of knowledge, and unsolved problems: 2. Classification of nautiloid cephalopods. Paleontol. J. 40, 46–54 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030106010059
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