Cloudina Germs 1972

Cloudina - Cloudinidae

Synonym: Nevadatubulus Signor and Mount 1987

Parent taxon: Cloudinidae according to B. Yang et al. 2020

See also Grant 1990, Hahn and Pflug 1985, Sepkoski 2002, Vinn et al. 2025 and Zhuravlev et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Acuticloudina, Conotubus, Costatubus, Rajatubulus, Saarina, Shaanxilithes, Sinotubulites, Wyattia, Zuunia

Subtaxa: Cloudina carinata Cloudina hartmanae Cloudina hartmannae Cloudina lucianoi Cloudina ningqiangensis Cloudina xuanjiangpingensis

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Type: Cloudina hartmannae

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Namibia (1 collection)

• Ediacaran of Brazil (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (5), Iran (3), Mexico (2), Namibia (7), Oman (2), Paraguay (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2), United States (10: California, Nevada)

• Vendian of Brazil (1)

Total: 39 collections including 44 occurrences

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