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Cytheruridae
Taxonomy
Cytheruridae was named by Müller (1894). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Cytherurinae by Marianos and Valentine (1958), Krutak (1961), Bertels (1969).
It was assigned to Cytheridae by Marianos and Valentine (1958), Krutak (1961), Bertels (1969); to Podocopina by Bertels (1974); to Cytheracea by Musacchio (1973), Bertels (1973), Bertels (1975), Ballent (1980), Blaszyk (1987), Ballent (1998); and to Cytheroidea by Hazel and Holden (1971), Liebau (2005), Babinot and Colin (2011), Carignano (2012), Forel (2017), Forel (2022).
It was reranked as the subfamily Cytherurinae by Marianos and Valentine (1958), Krutak (1961), Bertels (1969).
It was assigned to Cytheridae by Marianos and Valentine (1958), Krutak (1961), Bertels (1969); to Podocopina by Bertels (1974); to Cytheracea by Musacchio (1973), Bertels (1973), Bertels (1975), Ballent (1980), Blaszyk (1987), Ballent (1998); and to Cytheroidea by Hazel and Holden (1971), Liebau (2005), Babinot and Colin (2011), Carignano (2012), Forel (2017), Forel (2022).
Subtaxa
Cytheropterinae, Cytherura, Cytherurinae, Eucytherurinae, Hemicytherura, Howeina, Judahella (syn. Buekkella, Mostlerella), Kangarina, Kobayashiina, Konarocythere (syn. Budaia), Mehesella, Metacytheropteron, Microceratina, Mockella (syn. Dettermania), Orthonotacythere (syn. Cytheropterina), Otocythere, Paracytheridea, Paracytheropteron, Paradoxorhyncha, Pelecocythere, Procytheropteron, Procytherura, Typhlocythere, Wolburgia
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1894 | Cytheruridae Müller |
| 1958 | Cytherurinae Marianos and Valentine p. 367 |
| 1961 | Cytherurinae Krutak p. 776 |
| 1969 | Cytherurinae Bertels p. 275 |
| 1971 | Cytheruridae Hazel and Holden p. 5 |
| 1973 | Cytheruridae Bertels |
| 1973 | Cytheruridae Musacchio |
| 1974 | Cytheruridae Bertels |
| 1975 | Cytheruridae Bertels p. 126 |
| 1980 | Cytheruridae Ballent |
| 1987 | Cytheruridae Blaszyk p. 73 |
| 1998 | Cytheruridae Ballent p. 360 |
| 2005 | Cytheruridae Liebau |
| 2011 | Cytheruridae Babinot and Colin p. 746 |
| 2012 | Cytheruridae Carignano |
| 2017 | Cytheruridae Forel p. 32 |
| 2022 | Cytheruridae Forel p. 344 |
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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. Cytheruridae Müller 1894
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Subfm. Cytheropterinae Hanai 1957
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G. Eocytheropteron Alexander 1933
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†Eocytheropteron fiski Howe and Law 1936
†Eocytheropteron mutafoveata Puckett 1994
†Eocytheropteron sabinensis Howe and Garrett 1934
†Eocytheropteron spurgeonae Howe and Chambers 1935
†Eocytheropteron yorktownensis Malkin 1953
G. Oculocytheropteron Bate 1972
G. Pedicythere
G. Cytherura
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†Cytherura byramensis Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherura coryelli Malkin 1953
†Cytherura elongata Edwards 1944
†Cytherura forulata Edwards 1944
†Cytherura hilgardi Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherura jaguelensis Bertels 1974
†Cytherura oertlii Dingle 1984
†Cytherura sylverinica Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherura wailesi Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherura wardensis Howe and Brown 1935
Subfm. †Cytherurinae Müller 1894
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G. †Cresacytheridea Gründel 1975
G. Cytheropteron Sars 1866
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Subg. Cytheropteron (Cytheropteron) Sars 1866
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†Cytheropteron (Cytheropteron) aligerum Alexander 1934
†Cytheropteron (Cytheropteron) midwayensis Alexander 1934
Subg. Cytheropteron (Eocytheropteron) Alexander 1933
†Cytheropteron alafastigatum Fischer 1962
Cytheropteron alatum Sars 1866
†Cytheropteron bidentinos Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytheropteron danvillensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Cytheropteron galericulum Howe and Law 1936
†Cytheropteron hyperdictyon Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytheropteron inops Bertels 1969
†Cytheropteron latissima Norman 1865
†Cytheropteron montgomeryensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Cytheropteron nodosum Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Cytheropteron planalatum Guernet 1985
†Cytheropteron reticuloradiata Neale and Singh 1985
†Cytheropteron rocanum Bertels 1973
†Cytheropteron schornikovi Forel 2017
†Cytheropteron translimitares Ceolin et al. 2015
G. Eucytherura
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†Eucytherura lacerata Forel 2017
†Eucytherura murdercreekensis Howe and Law 1936
†Eucytherura norica Kozur and Bolz 1971
†Eucytherura stibaros Ceolin et al. 2015
Invalid names: Movschovitschia Kozur 1971 [synonym]
G. †Gruendelicythere
G. †Kerocythere
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†Kerocythere dorsidenticulata Forel 2017
†Kerocythere quattervalsi Crasquin-Soleau et al. 2000
†Kerocythere tricostata Forel 2017
†Kerocythere tuvalica Kozur 1971
G. †Parariscus
G. Hemicytherura Elofson 1941
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†Hemicytherura defiorei Ruggieri 1953
†Hemicytherura ranquelensis Bertels 1969
†Hemicytherura rionegrensis Bertels 1975
G. †Howeina
G. †Judahella
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Subg. †Judahella (Judahella) Sohn 1968
†Judahella andrusovi Kozur and Bolz 1971
†Judahella bogschi Kozur 1985
†Judahella dizluense Kristan-Tollmann 1980
†Judahella nodosa Kozur 1971
†Judahella permica Kozur 1985
†Judahella tsorfatia Sohn 1968
†Triassinella (Judahella) binodosa Kozur 1970
†Triassinella (Judahella) spinosa Kozur 1970
Invalid names: Buekkella Kozur 1985 [synonym], Mostlerella [synonym]
G. Kangarina
G. Kobayashiina
G. †Orthonotacythere Alexander 1933
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†Orthonotacythere annulospinata Hazel and Paulson 1964
†Orthonotacythere sabinensis Howe and Garrett 1934
Invalid names: Cytheropterina [synonym]
G. †Otocythere
G. Paracytheridea Muller 1894
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†Paracytheridea belhavenensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Paracytheridea byramensis Howe and Law 1936
†Paracytheridea cronini Hazel 1983
†Paracytheridea intensosulcata Bertels 1969
†Paracytheridea mucra Edwards 1944
†Paracytheridea rionegrina Bertels 1974
†Paracytheridea shattucki Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Paracytheridea shattucki curta Malkin 1953
†Paracytheridea similis Malkin 1953
†Paracytheridea toleri Howe and Law 1936
†Paracytheridea vandenboldi Puri 1953
†Paracytheridea woodwardsensis Howe and Law 1936
G. †Paradoxorhyncha Chapman 1904
G. Pelecocythere Athersuch 1979
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†Pelecocythere carinoalatum Bate 1972
†Pelecocythere trinidadensis van den Bold 1960
G. †Procytheropteron
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 Artinskian to the top of the Holocene or 290.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 283.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 283.3 Ma
Collections (398 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | Canada (British Columbia) | Buekkella sp. 1 (106671) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Polytylites digitatus (43517) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Hungary | Buekkella pellerdiae (146174 146200) Judahella bogschi (146211) Judahella bogschi, Judahella permica (146201) Judahella permica (146204 146216) | |
| Changhsingian | Hungary | Judahella bogschi (61368) | |
| Griesbachian | China (Fujian) | Dettermania truncata (121217 121218) | |
| Griesbachian | China (Guangxi) | Kerocythere sp. A (106639) | |
| Griesbachian | Iran | Buekkella sp. (168932 168942) | |
| Griesbachian | Italy | Kerocythere sp. 1 (87168) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Tunisia (Jeffara) | Judahella sp. (44740) | |
| Dienerian | Pakistan | Judahella sp. (117951) | |
| Spathian | China (Xizang) | Citrella ampelsbachensis (112034) Citrella ampelsbachensis, Cytheropteron sp. A (112032) | |
| Spathian - Anisian | Israel | Kerocythere sp. A (156819 156892) Mostlerella sp. A, Mostlerella sp. B (156822) Mostlerella sp. B (156821 156891) | |
| Aegean | France (Bas-Rhin) | Triassinella tsorfatia (206505) | |
| Aegean | China (Xizang) | Citrella ampelsbachensis (112036 112038) | |
| Aegean | France (Moselle) | Triassinella tsorfatia (206489) | |
| Anisian | Israel | Judahella sp. (41702) | |
| Bithynian | China (Xizang) | Citrella ampelsbachensis (112039) | |
| Pelsonian | China (Xizang) | Citrella ampelsbachensis (112040) | |
| Illyrian | Hungary | Triassinella spinosa, Triassinella binodosa (135823) | |
| Ladinian | Iran | Judahella hungarica (97874) | |