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Staffellidae
Taxonomy
Staffellidae was named by Miklukho-Maklay (1949). 
It was reranked as the subfamily Staffellinae by Rosovskaya (1965), Sosnina (1968), Zhang (1982).
It was assigned to Ozawainellidae by Rosovskaya (1965), Sosnina (1968), Zhang (1982); to Fusulinacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1984), Davydov (1996); and to Fusulinoidea by Forke (2002), Kobayashi (2011), Kobayashi (2012).
It was reranked as the subfamily Staffellinae by Rosovskaya (1965), Sosnina (1968), Zhang (1982).
It was assigned to Ozawainellidae by Rosovskaya (1965), Sosnina (1968), Zhang (1982); to Fusulinacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1984), Davydov (1996); and to Fusulinoidea by Forke (2002), Kobayashi (2011), Kobayashi (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author | 
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| 1949 | Staffellidae Miklukho-Maklay | 
| 1965 | Staffellinae Rosovskaya p. 137 | 
| 1968 | Staffellinae Sosnina p. 99 | 
| 1982 | Staffellinae Zhang p. 137 | 
| 1984 | Staffellidae Loeblich and Tappan | 
| 1996 | Staffellidae Davydov p. 221 | 
| 2002 | Staffellidae Forke p. 218 | 
| 2011 | Staffellidae Kobayashi p. 459 | 
| 2012 | Staffellidae Kobayashi p. 683 | 
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Staffellidae Miklukho-Maklay 1949
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  G. †Eoverbeekina
  Subfm. †Kahlerininae Leven 1963
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  G. †Kahlerina Kochansky-Devide 1955
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   †Kahlerina africana Skinner and Wilde 1967
   †Kahlerina circularis Sosnina 1968
   †Kahlerina consueta Sosnina 1968
   †Kahlerina globiformis Sosnina 1968
   †Kahlerina minima Sheng 1963
   †Kahlerina nautiloidea Sosnina 1968
   †Kahlerina siciliana Skinner and Wilde 1966
   †Kahlerina ussurica Sosnina 1956
  Invalid names: Hubeiella   [synonym], Pseudokahlerina Sosnina 1968 [synonym], Ussuriella Sosnina 1956 [synonym]
  G. †Leella Dunbar and Skinner 1937
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   †Leella armenica Rosovskaya 1965
   †Leella bellula Dunbar and Skinner 1937
   †Leella fragilis Dunbar and Skinner 1937
  G. †Nankinella Lee 1933
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   †Nankinella akasakensis Kobayashi 2011
   †Nankinella armenica Rauser-Chernousova 1965
   †Nankinella hunanensis Chen 1956
   †Nankinella inflata Colani 1924
   †Nankinella kawadai Igo 1956
   †Nankinella kozakiensis Kanmera 1963
   †Nankinella kuzuensis Igo and Igo 1977
   †Nankinella nanjiangensis Chang and Wang 1974
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  Invalid names: Nankinella obesa Wang and Zhou 1986 [synonym]
   †Nankinella orbicularia Lee 1934
   †Nankinella quasihunanensis Sheng 1963
   †Nankinella xainzaensis Zhu 1982
   †Nankinella yanyuanica Zhang 1982
  Invalid names: Hayasakaina   [synonym], Quasireichelina Ueno 1992 [synonym]
  Subfm. †Nankinellinae Miklucho-Maklay 1963
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  G. †Pisolina
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   †Pisolina excessa Lee 1933
   †Pisolina subspherica Sheng 1956
   †Pisolina yanyuanica Zhang 1982
  Subfm. †Pseudoendothyrinae Mamet 1970
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  G. †Pseudoendothyra
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   †Pseudoendothyra affixa Grozdilova and Lebedeva 1954
   †Pseudoendothyra dagmarae Dutkevich 1934
   †Pseudoendothyra jazvensis Grozdilova and Lebedeva 1954
   †Pseudoendothyra mathildae Dutkevich 1934
   †Pseudoendothyra plummeri Thompson 1947
  G. †Pseudoreichelina Miklukho-Maclay 1949
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   †Pseudoreichelina darvasica Leven 1970
   †Pseudoreichelina nevadaensis Douglass and Nestell 1974
   †Pseudoreichelina slovenica Kochansky-Devide 1966
  G. †Sphaerulina
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   †Sphaerulina elliptica Chang 1950
   †Sphaerulina hunanica Lin 1977
   †Sphaerulina ogbinensis Rosovskaya 1965
   †Sphaerulina zisongzhengensis Sheng 1963
  G. †Staffella
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   †Staffella arakeljani Rauser-Chernousova 1965
   †Staffella batangica Zhang 1982
   †Staffella ciryi Skinner and Wilde 1967
   †Staffella fountaini Dunbar and Skinner 1937
   †Staffella huapingensis Yang 1978
   †Staffella jiaogensis Zhang 1982
   †Staffella lacunosa Dunbar and Skinner 1937
   †Staffella lenticularis Douvillé 1904
   †Staffella moellerana Thompson 1935
   †Staffella pseudosphaeroidea Dutkevich 1934
   †Staffella suborientalis Rosovskaya 1965
   †Staffella tunetana Skinner and Wilde 1967
  
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984 | |||||
Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Griesbachian or 342.90000 to 250.50000 Ma
Collections (505 total)
Oldest occurrences  | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number | 
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| Holkerian | Ireland | Pseudoendothyra sublimis (78344) | |
| Holkerian - Asbian | Ireland | Pseudoendothyra sublimis (78346) | |
| Meramecian | USA (Nevada) | Pseudoendothyra sp. (62848) | |
| Asbian | Ireland | Pseudoendothyra sublimis, Pseudoendothyra composita, Pseudoendothyra struvei (78347) Pseudoendothyra sublimis, Pseudoendothyra sp. (76713) | |
| Asbian - Brigantian | Morocco | Pseudoendothyra sublimis (228328) | |
| Chesterian - Arnsbergian | USA (Wyoming) | Pseudoendothyra kremenskensis, Pseudoendothyra sp. (5737 5738) Pseudoendothyra sp. (5740 5741) | |
| Chesterian - Alportian | USA (Wyoming) | Pseudoendothyra sp. (5720) | |
| Serpukhovian | France | Pseudoendothyra struvei (76632) | |
| Serpukhovian | Uzbekistan | Pseudoendothyra arcuata (169212) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Nevada) | Staffella expansa (12783) | |
Youngest occurrences  | 
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number | 
| Changhsingian | Italy | Nankinella discoides, Pseudoendothyra sp., Staffella sp., Nankinella quasihunanensis (74937) Nankinella sp., Pseudoendothyra sp., Staffella sp. (74938) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Yunnan) | Nankinella minor (56943) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Xizang) | Nankinella sp., Staffella sp. (187535) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Zhejiang) | Nankinella sp. (61869) Staffella sp. (61868) | |
| Changhsingian | Thailand | Kahlerina sp., Sphaerulina sp. (128235) Nankinella sp., Staffella sp. (128471 128472 128473 128474) | |
| Changhsingian | Iran (Fars) | Nankinella hunanensis (218321 218384) Nankinella minor (218527 218528) | |
| Changhsingian | China | Nankinella sp., Sphaerulina sp. (198271) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | Eoverbeekina sp., Nankinella minor, Nankinella sp. (149259) Nankinella inflata (149265 149272) Nankinella minor, Nankinella orientalis, Nankinella sp., Sphaerulina sp. (149267) Nankinella minor, Sphaerulina sp. (149266) Nankinella orientalis (149261) Nankinella sp. (94974 94979 94981 94982 94983 94984 149256) Nankinella sp., Sphaerulina sp. (149270) Nankinella zhichangica, Nankinella sp., Sphaerulina sp. (149268) Sphaerulina sp. (149262) Sphaerulina sp., Nankinella inflata (149264) | |
| Changhsingian | Türkiye (Diyarbakir) | Nankinella minor (218534) | |
| Griesbachian | Italy | Nankinella sp. (74941) | |