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Cyrtinoidea

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida

Taxonomy
Cyrtinoidea was named by Frederiks (1912) [elevated from subfamily to superfamily here NOT the same as Cyrtioidea Frederiks 1924].

It was assigned to Articulata by Johnson and Blodgett (1993); and to Cyrtinidina by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Cyrtinoidea Frederiks
1993Cyrtinoidea Johnson and Blodgett p. 952
2006Cyrtinoidea Williams et al. p. 1881

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderCyrtinidinaCarter and Johnson 1994
superfamilyCyrtinoideaFrederiks 1912
superfamilyCyrtinoideaFrederiks 1912

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.

Superfm. †Cyrtinoidea Frederiks 1912
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Fm. †Cyrtinidae Fredericks 1912
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G. †Cyrtina Davidson 1858
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Subg. †Cyrtina (Cyrtina) Davidson 1858
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†Cyrtina billingsi Meek 1868
†Cyrtina bouchardi Brice 1988
†Cyrtina burlingtonensis Rowley 1893
†Cyrtina davidsoni Walcott 1884
†Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857
†Cyrtina katzeri Bittner 1902
†Cyrtina minuta Wang 1985
†Cyrtina varia Clarke 1900
†Cyrtina walteri Bittner 1902
Invalid names: Trochalocyrtina [synonym]
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†Cyrtinaella biplicata Hall 1857
†Cyrtinaella causa Johnson 1970
G. †Licharewina Kotlyar et al. 2004
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†Licharewina arakii Hayasaka 1963
†Licharewina josephinae Gemmellaro 1899
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Invalid names: Licharewina praetriassica Kotlyar et al. 2004 [synonym]
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†Squamulariina simplex Phillips 1841
Invalid names: Pyramidalia Nalivkin 1947 [synonym]
Fm. †Komiellidae Johnson and Blodgett 1993
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G. †Komiella Liashenko 1985
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†Komiella gilberti Johnson and Blodgett 1993
†Komiella magnasulca Johnson and Blodgett 1993
†Komiella stenoparva Johnson and Blodgett 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Rhaetian or 443.10000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (647 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) Cyrtina sp. (463)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (New York) Cyrtina pyramidalis (82511)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) Cyrtina sp. (473)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Cyrtina sp. (188869)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Cyrtina sp. (534)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (California) Cyrtina sp. (79807)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Gansu) Cyrtina pracedens, Cyrtina praecedens (27757)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Nevada) Cyrtina sp. (180186)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) Cyrtina dalmani (26826)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Ukraine Cyrtina praecedens (23488)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Geyerella arakii (109645 118869)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Cyrtinidae indet., Licharewina josephinae (64171) Licharewina josephinae (64176)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation Licharewina praetriassica (60622 60624 60625 60626)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyrtina katzeri (203841)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Romania Cyrtina walteri (203525)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Cyrtina indet. (31615 31617 31618 31619 31620 31621 31622 31623 31624 31625 31627 31628 31629)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Cyrtina sp. (69674)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Canada (British Columbia) Cyrtina sp. (44395)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Cyrtina sp. (40672 40683)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Ukraine Cyrtina sp. (133097)