“…There are at least four possible ancestries for Plectronoceras , the earliest siphunculate cephalopod (Yochelson et al. 1973; Dzik 1981, 2010; Kobayashi 1987; Peel 1991), notwithstanding disputed alternatives (Jell 1976; Teichert 1988). The characters that tie miscellaneous Cambrian shelly taxa to the cephalopod lineage are few in number, and are prone to both convergence and controversy; their interpretations should be regarded with suspicion.…”