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Plethospiridae
Taxonomy
Plethospiridae was named by Wenz (1938) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5432].
It was assigned to Murchisoniacea by Knight et al. (1960); and to Murchisonioidea by Golikov and Starobogatov (1975), Ponder and Warén (1988), Rohr and Blodgett (2001) and Nützel et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Murchisoniacea by Knight et al. (1960); and to Murchisonioidea by Golikov and Starobogatov (1975), Ponder and Warén (1988), Rohr and Blodgett (2001) and Nützel et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Plethospiridae Wenz |
| 1960 | Plethospiridae Knight et al. p. 295 |
| 1975 | Plethospiridae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 208 |
| 1988 | Plethospiridae Ponder and Warén p. 293 |
| 2001 | Plethospiridae Rohr and Blodgett p. 118 |
| 2018 | Plethospiridae Nützel et al. p. 491 |
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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. †Plethospiridae Wenz 1938
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G. †Kirkospira Rohr and Blodgett 2001
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†Kirkospira glacialis Rohr and Blodgett 2001
†Kirkospira lindstroemi Oehlert and Oehlert 1888
†Kirkospira tongassensis Rohr and Blodgett 2008
†Kirkospira vitellia Billings 1865
Invalid names: Baichtalia Rohr and Blodgett 2008 [synonym]
G. †Wortheniopsis Böhm 1895
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†Wortheniopsis acuta Nützel et al. 2018
†Wortheniopsis margarethae Kittl 1894
Invalid names: Murchisonietta Nützel et al. 2018 [synonym]
Invalid names: Plethospirinae Wenz 1938 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gorstian | Canada (Ontario) | Murchisonia vitellia (155012) | |
| Gorstian - Ludfordian | USA (Alaska) | Kirkospira glacialis (55427 55428) | |
| Ludlow | USA (Alaska) | Kirkospira glacialis, Baichtalia tongassensis (85025) | |
| Ludlow | Canada (Ontario) | Murchisonia vitellia (14196 154346) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Worthenopsis sp. (136220) | |
| Spathian | China (Qinghai) | Wortheniopsis sp. (56724) | |
| Bithynian | Romania | Murchisonietta acuta (197722) Wortheniopsis sp. (197724) | |
| Illyrian | Italy | Moenaspira crassa (233845) Moenaspira magna (233833 233843 233846) Moenaspira magna, Moenaspira crassa (233835 233836 233837 233840 233841 233842) Wortheniopsis margarethae (233850 233854 233855 233858 233859) Wortheniopsis margarethae, Moenaspira crassa (233832) Wortheniopsis margarethae, Moenaspira magna (233844 233860) Wortheniopsis margarethae, Moenaspira magna, Moenaspira crassa (233838) | |
| Ladinian | Italy | Worthenia magna (138257) Wortheniopsis margarethae (138255 138256) | |
| Norian | Hungary | Wortheniopsis budensis (73279) |