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Cupitheca
Taxonomy
Actinotheca was named by Duan (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. Its type is Paragloborilus mirus.
It was corrected as Cupittheca by Gravestock et al. (2001); it was misspelled as Cupittheca by Xing et al. (1984), Bengtson et al. (1990), Brock and Cooper (1993), Sepkoski (2002); it was corrected as Cupitheca by Duan (1984), Kouchinsky et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Cupithecidae by Duan (1984), Xing et al. (1984), Bengtson et al. (1990), Brock and Cooper (1993), Gravestock et al. (2001); to Problematica by Sepkoski (2002); and to Orthothecida by Kouchinsky et al. (2017).
It was corrected as Cupittheca by Gravestock et al. (2001); it was misspelled as Cupittheca by Xing et al. (1984), Bengtson et al. (1990), Brock and Cooper (1993), Sepkoski (2002); it was corrected as Cupitheca by Duan (1984), Kouchinsky et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Cupithecidae by Duan (1984), Xing et al. (1984), Bengtson et al. (1990), Brock and Cooper (1993), Gravestock et al. (2001); to Problematica by Sepkoski (2002); and to Orthothecida by Kouchinsky et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Actinotheca Duan p. 154 |
| 1984 | Cupitheca Duan p. 154 |
| 1984 | Arcitheca Duan p. 155 |
| 1984 | Varitheca Duan p. 156 |
| 1984 | Ensitheca Duan p. 157 |
| 1984 | Emeitheca Duan p. 158 |
| 1984 | Cupittheca Xing et al. p. 152 |
| 1990 | Actinotheca Bengtson et al. pp. 203 - 204 |
| 1993 | Actinotheca Brock and Cooper p. 777 |
| 2001 | Cupittheca Gravestock et al. p. 96 |
| 2002 | Actinotheca Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Ensitheca Sepkoski |
| 2017 | Cupitheca Kouchinsky et al. p. 91 |
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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.
G. †Cupitheca Duan 1984
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†Actinotheca clathrata Bengtson et al. 1990
†Cupitheca hemicyclata Bengtson et al. 1990
†Cupitheca holocyclata Bengtson et al. 1990
†Cupittheca mira He 1977
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Invalid names: Cupitheca brevituba Duan 1984 [synonym], Cupitheca manicae Duan 1984 [synonym], Cupitheca suborbicularis Duan 1984 [synonym], Ensitheca ensiformis Duan 1984 [synonym], Varitheca intermedia Duan 1984 [synonym], Varitheca mammilata Duan 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Arcitheca Duan 1984 [synonym], Emeitheca Duan 1984 [synonym], Ensitheca Duan 1984 [synonym], Varitheca Duan 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Jinnigian to the top of the Early/Lower Cambrian or 538.80000 to 506.50000 Ma
Collections (99 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Jinnigian | China (Yunnan) | Actinotheca mira (201551) | |
| Nemakit-Daldynian - Tommotian | China (Hubei) | Cupittheca mira (155465) | |
| Early/Lower Cambrian | China (Shaanxi) | C. mira (86613) | |
| Meishucunian | China (Anhui) | Actinotheca dolioformis (107772) | |
| Meishucunian | China (Hubei) | Paragloborilus mirus (107636 107665 107789 108414) | |
| Meishucunian | China (Xinjiang) | C. sp. (107481) | |
| Meishucunian | China (Yunnan) | Actinotheca mira (201521 201557 201565 201566 201572 201577 201578 201580 201586 201587 201590 201591 201593) | |
| Meishucunian | China (Shaanxi) | C. brevituba (107775) Paragloborilus mirus (107790) | |
| Meishucunian - Tommotian | China (Yunnan) | Actinotheca mira (86664 96286 96288) Cupittheca mira (96449) | |
| Tommotian | China (Hubei) | Cupittheca mira (155442 155444 155445) | |
| Tommotian | China (Yunnan) | Cupittheca mira (171902) | |
| Tommotian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) | C. sp. (233198) | |
| Atdabanian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Actinotheca sp. (9385 9390) | |
| Atdabanian | Australia (South Australia) | Actinotheca holocyclata (97783) Actinotheca indet. (97747 97748 97749 97750) Actinotheca sp. (97769) Actinotheca sp. indet. (97740 97741 97742) Cupittheca holocyclata (96931) Cupittheca sp. (96966) | |
| Atdabanian | China (Shaanxi) | Actinotheca mira (57690) Actinotheca sp. (8091) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Henan) | Actinotheca dolioformis (96523) | |
| Atdabanian - Botomian | Antarctica (South Shetland Islands) | C. holocyclata (49691) | |
| Atdabanian - Botomian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Actinotheca sp. (9391) | |
| Montezuman | Mexico | C. mira (203107) | |
| Botomian | China (Shaanxi) | C. sp. (199517) | |
| Botomian | Australia (South Australia) | Actinotheca clathrata (97776) Actinotheca hemicyclata, Actinotheca holocyclata (97770 97773) Actinotheca holocyclata (97771 97772) Actinotheca sp. A, Actinotheca clathrata (97775) Actinotheca sp. A, Actinotheca holocyclata, Actinotheca clathrata (97777) Actinotheca sp. A, Actinotheca sp., Actinotheca clathrata (97774) Cupittheca clathrata (50793) Cupittheca holocyclata (96916 96932 96958) Cupittheca holocyclata, Cupittheca sp. (96959) Cupittheca sp. (96914 96963 96964) Cupittheca sp. 1 (97701 97717) Cupittheca sp. 2, Cupittheca sp. 1 (97700) Cupittheca sp., Cupittheca clathrata (96917) Cupittheca sp., Cupittheca holocyclata (96965) | |
| Dyeran | Greenland (Lauge Koch Land) | C. sp. (220278) | |
| Dyeran | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | C. holocyclata (50783) | |
| Dyeran | Greenland | C. hemicyclata, C. holocyclata (49464) C. holocyclata (49458 49471 49473) C. sp. (67785 67786) | |
| Toyonian | Australia (South Australia) | Actinotheca sp. (64451 64459 64461 64462) Cupittheca sp. (96929 96962) | |
| Templetonian | Australia (Queensland) | Actinotheca sp. (70023 70035 70036 70038 70039 70042 70043) | |
| Templetonian - Floran | Australia (Queensland) | Actinotheca sp. (70014 70015 70016 70017) |