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Cytherellidae
Taxonomy
Cytherellidae was named by Sars (1866). It is extant.
It was assigned to Platycopida by Hazel and Holden (1971); to Platycopina by Benson et al. (1961), Bertels (1968), Bertels (1973), Bertels (1974), Bertels (1975); to Platycopa by Marianos and Valentine (1958), Carreño and Cronin (1993); and to Cytherelloidea by Howe and Law (1936), Liebau (2005), Bergue and Govindan (2010), Babinot and Colin (2011), Forel (2022).
It was assigned to Platycopida by Hazel and Holden (1971); to Platycopina by Benson et al. (1961), Bertels (1968), Bertels (1973), Bertels (1974), Bertels (1975); to Platycopa by Marianos and Valentine (1958), Carreño and Cronin (1993); and to Cytherelloidea by Howe and Law (1936), Liebau (2005), Bergue and Govindan (2010), Babinot and Colin (2011), Forel (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Cytherellidae Sars |
| 1936 | Cytherellidae Howe and Law p. 67 |
| 1958 | Cytherellidae Marianos and Valentine p. 365 |
| 1961 | Cytherellidae Benson et al. p. 382 |
| 1968 | Cytherellidae Bertels |
| 1971 | Cytherellidae Hazel and Holden p. 9 |
| 1973 | Cytherellidae Bertels |
| 1974 | Cytherellidae Bertels |
| 1975 | Cytherellidae Bertels p. 101 |
| 1993 | Cytherellidae Carreño and Cronin p. 142 |
| 2005 | Cytherellidae Liebau p. 120 |
| 2010 | Cytherellidae Bergue and Govindan |
| 2011 | Cytherellidae Babinot and Colin p. 739 |
| 2022 | Cytherellidae Forel p. 345 |
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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. Cytherellidae Sars 1866
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Subfm. †Cavellininae Egorov 1950
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G. †Birdsallella Coryell and Booth 1933
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†Birdsallella devonica Coryell and Malkin 1936
†Birdsallella nitida Chen 1987
†Birdsallella tumida Stewart 1936
G. Cytherella Jones 1849
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Subg. †Cytherella (Staringia)
†Cytherella araucana Bertels 1974
†Cytherella australoamericana Bertels 1968
†Cytherella besrineensis Antonietto et al. 2016
†Cytherella bispinulatus Stewart 1927
†Cytherella bullata Alexander 1932
†Cytherella concentrica Field 1966
†Cytherella excavata Alexander 1934
†Cytherella gambiensis Apostolescu 1963
†Cytherella hannai Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherella hiwanneensis Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherella marlboroensis Ulrich 1901
†Cytherella nuciformis Jones 1850
†Cytherella ovata Roemer 1841
†Cytherella persensis Crasquin-Soleau and Teherani 1995
†Cytherella protuberantis Lubimova and Guha 1960
†Cytherella saraballentae Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytherella sarakundaensis Apostolescu 1963
†Cytherella semicatillus Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytherella submarginata Ulrich 1901
†Cytherella sylverinica Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherella terminopunctata Holden 1964
†Cytherella toarcensis Bizon 1960
†Cytherella tuberculifera Alexander 1929
†Cytherella tumidosa Alexander 1934
†Cytherella turgidula Alexander 1934
†Cytherella utilis Bertels 1968
Cytherella vulgata Ruggieri 1962
†Cytherella williamsonia Jones 1849
G. Cytherelloidea Alexander 1929
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†Cytherelloidea buisensis Donze 1967
†Cytherelloidea circumscripta Blake 1876
†Cytherelloidea denticulata Bosquet 1854
†Cytherelloidea drexlerae Field 1966
†Cytherelloidea ghabounensis Bischoff 1964
†Cytherelloidea jessupensis Howe and Garrett 1934
†Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis Howe 1934
†Cytherelloidea patagonica Bertels 1968
†Cytherelloidea pulchella Apostolescu 1959
†Cytherelloidea spirocostata Bertels 1973
G. †Issacharella Sohn 1968
G. †Leviella
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†Leviella riedeli Forel 2022
†Leviella sohni Kozur 1974
†Leviella unicostata Bolz 1970
G. †Platella Coryell and Fields 1937
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G. †Pyricythereis Howe and Law 1936
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†Cythereis israelskyi warneri Howe and Chambers 1935
†Pyricythereis huneri Howe and Law 1936
Invalid names: Cytherellinae Sars 1865 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Holocene or 635.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 538.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 538.8 Ma
Collections (549 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ediacaran | Mexico | Platella sp. (10662) | |
| Rocklandian | USA (Minnesota) | Cytherella sp. (219965) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (Alaska) | Cytherella sp. (111901) | |
| Givetian | USA (Ohio) | Birdsallella devonica, Birdsallella tumida (81857 206972 206973 206974) | |
| Givetian | USA (Michigan) | Birdsallella devonica, Birdsallella tumida (38475) Birdsallella tumida (38476) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Birdsallella catena, Birdsallella devonica (94047 94048 94049) Birdsallella devonica (94041 94042) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Turkey | Cytherellidae indet. (200387) | |
| Meramecian | USA (Kentucky) | Cytherella sp. (2711) | |
| Wordian | Oman | Birdsallella spp. (49859) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | Cythere nuciformis (87337) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Zhejiang) | Birdsallella nitida (117656 117665) Birdsallella sp. (117653) Birdsallella sp., Birdsallella nitida (117642 117673) | |
| Induan | China (Sichuan) | Cytherella sp. (45895) | |
| Julian | Iran | Cytherella persensis (156787) | |
| Julian | Italy | Leviella brevicostata, Leviella dichotoma, Leviella raibliana (61747) Leviella raibliana, Leviella rudis (61748) | |
| Julian | Turkey | Cytherella sp. (197740) | |
| Carnian | Israel | Leviella bentori (41687 41689 41691) Leviella bentori, Issacharella blakei, Issacharella sp. (41683) | |
| Julian - Tuvalian | Italy | Leviella raibliana, Leviella rudis (61749) | |
| Sevatian | Canada (Yukon) | Cytherella sp. 1, Cytherella sp. 2, Leviella unicostata (225006) Cytherella sp. 1, Leviella unicostata (225008) Cytherella sp. 2, Leviella unicostata (225007 225014) Issacharella sp. (225000) Leviella brevicostata, Leviella sp. 2, Leviella riedeli (225001) Leviella sp. 1, Cytherella sp. 1, Cytherella sp. 2, Leviella unicostata (225005) Leviella sp. 1, Cytherella sp. 1, Leviella unicostata (225004) Leviella sp. 3, Leviella sohni (225002) Leviella sp. 4, Issacharella sp. (225009) | |
| Rhaetian | Australia (Western Australia) | Cytherelloidea unicostata (99843) | |
| Rhaetian | Iran | Cytherella levisulcata, Cytherella acuta, Cytherelloidea valida (41330) | |