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Conulatae

Scyphozoa

Taxonomy
Conulata was named by Moore and Harrington (1956).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Conulatae by Van Iten et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Cnidaria by Conway Morris and Menge (1992); and to Paleoscyphozoa by Van Iten et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Conulata Moore and Harrington
1992Conulata Conway Morris and Menge p. 387
2014Conulatae Van Iten et al. p. 678

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classScyphozoaGoette 1887
RankNameAuthor
Paleoscyphozoa
Conulatae(Moore and Harrington 1956)
Conulatae(Moore and Harrington 1956)

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.

Unr. †Conulatae Moore and Harrington 1956
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Or. †Conulariida Miller and Gurley 1896
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Subor. †Conchopeltina Moore and Harrington 1956
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Fm. †Conchopeltidae Moore and Harrington 1956
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Subor. †Conulariina Miller and Gurley 1896
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Fm. †Conulariellidae Kiderlen 1937
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Fm. †Conulariidae Walcott 1886
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G. †Anaconularia Sinclair 1952
G. †Archaeoconularia Boucek 1939
G. †Baccaconularia Hughes et al. 2000
G. †Beijingoconularia Xu and Li 1979
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Calloconularia minima Campbell 1961
Subfm. †Conulariinae Walcott 1886
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G. †Conularia Miller 1820
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Invalid names: Plectoconularia Boucek 1939 [objective synonym], Yangoconularia Xu and Li 1985 [synonym]
G. †Diconularia Sinclair 1952
Subfm. †Ctenoconulariinae Sinclair 1952
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Eoconularia loculata Wiman 1895
G. †Exoconularia Sinclair 1952
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Metaconularia heymanni Foerste 1920
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Neoconularia rectangularis Hayasaka 1920
G. †Notoconularia Thomas 1969
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Notoconularia levigata Morris 1845
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Paraconularia abagaensis Min et al. 2022
Paraconularia acuminata de Mariñelarena 1970
Paraconularia arctica Babcock 1988
Paraconularia caledonica Campbell 1984
Paraconularia derwentensis Johnston 1887
Paraconularia hollebeni Geinitz 1853
Paraconularia kazanensis Weldon and Shi 2003
Paraconularia laskeri Sahni and Srivastava 1956
Paraconularia margaritae Babcock 1988
Paraconularia matauraensis Waterhouse 1979
Paraconularia nefarius Campbell 1962
Paraconularia ornata Waterhouse 1979
Paraconularia pulcheria de Mariñelarena 1970
Paraconularia salaria Reed 1936
Paraconularia spatia Waterhouse 1986
Paraconularia sueroi de Mariñelarena 1970
Paraconularia tepuelensis de Mariñelarena 1970
Paraconularia torta M'Coy 1847
Paraconularia warthi Waagen 1891
Subfm. †Paraconulariinae Sinclair 1952
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G. †Cheliconularia Waterhouse 1986
G. †Flectoconularia Waterhouse 1979
G. †Gondaconularia Waterhouse 1986
G. †Pustuloconularia Zhu 1985
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Fm. †Conulariopsidae Sugiyama 1942
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G. †Conulariopsis Sugiyama 1942
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Conulariopsis quadrata Sugiyama 1942
G. †Vendoconularia Ivantsov and Fedonkin 2002
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Vendoconularia triradiata Ivantsov and Fedonkin 2002
Or. †Conularina Miller and Gurley 1896
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Fm. †Carinachitidae He 1987
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G. †Carinachites Qian 1977
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Carinachites absidatus Jiang 1982
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Invalid names: Carinachites tetrastichus Zhong 1977 [synonym], Paraconularoides cancellatus He 1984 [synonym], Paraconularoides rhomboidalis He 1984 [synonym]
Carinachites platus Liu et al. 2005
Invalid names: Mabianoconullus [synonym]
G. †Emeiconularia Qian et al. 1997
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Emeiconularia amplicanalis Liu et al. 2005
Emeiconularia trigemme Qian et al. 1997
Fm. †Hexangulaconulariidae He 1987
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G. †Arthrochites Chen 1982
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Invalid names: Primaconulariella [synonym], Sacciella He 1984 [synonym]
G. †Hexaconularia He and Yang 1986
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Hexaconularia sichuanensis He and Yang 1986
G. †Teresconularia Leme et al. 2003
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Teresconularia argentinensis Leme et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:15:41
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:15:41
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Rhaetian or 635.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (455 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Brazil Paraconularia sp. (237533)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Russian Federation Vendoconularia triradiata (10759)
Jinnigian538.8 - 530.7China (Yunnan) Arthrochites emeishanensis (201524) Hexaconularia sichuanensis (201533 201537 201538 201539)
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0China (Sichuan) Carinachites tetrasulcatus, Carinachites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis (7818)
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0China (Shaanxi) Hexaconularia sichuanensis (7819)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Arthrochites emeishanensis (50419)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Shaanxi) Carinachites tetrasulcatus, Carinachites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis (86619) Hexaconularia sp. (86554 86555 86561 86566 86567 86568)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Sichuan) Arthrochites emeishanensis (232840) Quadrosiphogonuchites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis (232842) Quadrosiphogonuchites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis, Hexaconularia formosa (232841)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5China (Shaanxi) Hexaconularia sichuanensis (86585 86586 86587 86588 86589 86590 86591 86592 86593)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Sichuan) Carinachites quadratus, Carinachites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis, Emeiconularia trigemme (108312) Conulariella sp., Hexaconularia sp. (107389) Paraconularoides cancellatus, Paraconularoides rhomboidalis, Sacciella pupiformis (107390)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan Conulariopsis quadrata (132574)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0New Zealand Conularia sp. (61460)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3New Zealand Conularia sp. (201925)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3New Zealand Conularia sp. (201935) Flectoconularia abapertura (120252 120254)
Oretian227.5 - 221.0New Zealand Conulariidae indet. (120255)
Otamitan221.0 - 217.0New Zealand Flectoconularia abapertura (120253)
Otamitan221.0 - 217.0New Zealand (Southland) Paraconularia matauraensis (120250)
Otapirian205.7 - 201.4New Caledonia Paraconularia matauraensis (133770 133784 178162)
Otapirian205.7 - 201.4New Zealand (Southland) Paraconularia matauraensis (120249 120251)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4New Zealand Paraconularia sp. (50760)