Wetheredellidae - Wetheredellidae
Parent taxon: Cyanobacteria according to J. Kazmierczak and S. Kempe 1992
Sister taxa: Abruptophycus, Acaciella, Agamus, Aldania, Alternella, Alternia, Angarophycus, Antiquophytolithus, Archaeothrix, Arenarina, Artophycus, Aulophycus, Basisphaera, Beltanelliformis, Bevocastria, Borlogella, Brachypleganon, Bursiphycas, Calevia, Calothricites, Calyptophycus, Camasia, Cambricodium, Catinella, Chabakoviacea, Chomentovskia, Chomustachia, Cirriphycus, Cladogirvanella, Coccogoneae, Columnaria, Crustophycus, Cyanostroma, Cycularia, Cystostroma, Eoaphanothece, Eoepiphyton, Eophormidium, Eoschizothrix, Eucaspsiphora, Fibrostroma, Filiphycus, Fillostroma, Flexia, Galinia, Georgiana, Glenobotrydion, Glomeophycus, Gouldina, Grenularia, Gruneria, Hecetaphyton, Hormogoneae, Hormosporites, Izhella, Katernia, Kostinophycus, Lamellophycus, Lamellostroma, Leptophycus, Lermontovaephycus, Lopatinella, Madiganites, Maldeotaina, Manacyathus, Mansurkella, Marpolia, Microcystopsis, Morania, Mussooriella, Myxococcoides, Nerusiandella, Nuia, Oncobyrsella, Ostiana, Palaeomicrocystis, Paleocalothrix, Paleoisocystis, Papulophycus, Perennaria, Phanerosphaerops, Pilbaria, Platella, Plexostroma, Polybessurus, Protoepiphyton, Ramulostroma, Ramulus, Rhyniella, Scandophycus, Schizothropsis, Shanganella, Sphaerina, Sphaerothallus, Spirellus, Squamosphaera, Stigonematales, Subtifloria, Talakania, Tarioufetia, Telastroma, Trichostroma, Tubercularia, Tumidophyton, Tunikata, Tuxekanella, Uluksanella, Vesicularia, Vittophyton, Xianella, Cladophorites, Antiquus, Millaria, Desmekalamos, Myxophyceae, Rothpletzella, Setula, Lithocodium, Cyanophyceae, Sigmopollis, Oscillatoriacea, Sphaerocodium, Callosicoccus, Somphospongia, Porostromata
Subtaxa: Koskinobullina
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Türkiye (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1), Japan (1)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (3), Italy (4), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (5), Türkiye (2)
• Triassic of Italy (5), Japan (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence