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Protorthidae
Taxonomy
Protorthidae was named by Schuchert and Cooper (1931).
It was assigned to Protorthacea by Cooper (1976) and Geyer and Mergl (1997); and to Protorthoidea by Williams et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Protorthacea by Cooper (1976) and Geyer and Mergl (1997); and to Protorthoidea by Williams et al. (2000).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Protorthidae Schuchert and Cooper |
| 1976 | Protorthidae Cooper p. 280 |
| 1997 | Protorthidae Geyer and Mergl p. 796 |
| 2000 | Protorthidae Williams et al. p. 710 |
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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. †Protorthidae Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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G. †Glyptoria Cooper 1976
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†Glyptoria glypta Cooper 1976
†Glyptoria gulchensis Popov and Tikhonov 1993
G. †Jamesella Walcott 1905
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†Nisusia (Jamesella) amii Walcott 1905
†Nisusia (Jamesella) erecta Walcott 1905
†Nisusia (Jamesella) kanabensis Walcott 1908
†Nisusia (Jamesella) kuthani Pompeckj 1896
†Nisusia (Jamesella) lowi Walcott 1908
†Nisusia (Jamesella) perpasta macra Pompeckj 1896
†Nisusia (Jamesella) utahensis Walcott 1905
G. †Loperia
G. †Protorthis
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†Protorthis billingsi Hartt 1868
†Protorthis helena Walcott 1905
†Protorthis laevis Walcott 1905
†Protorthis latourensis Matthew 1886
†Protorthis nautes Walcott 1905
†Protorthis nunnebergensis Walcott 1905
†Protorthis quacoensis Matthew 1886
†Protorthis spencei Walcott 1905
†Protorthis wingi Walcott 1905
G. †Psiloria Cooper 1976
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†Psiloria alata King 1923
†Psiloria dayei Cooper 1976
†Psiloria dayi Cooper 1976
†Psiloria pauperata Cooper 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Collections (40 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Caerfai | Jordan | Psiloria alata (86710) Psiloria alta, Psiloria dayi (7823) Psiloria dayi (86709) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Xinjiang) | Israelaria sp. (49494) | |
| Lenian | Israel ((southern) Negev) | Glyptoria glypta, Israelaria parnesi, Psiloria pauperata (7822) | |
| Lenian | Israel | Glyptoria glypta (86715 86716 86717) Glyptoria glypta, Israelaria parnesi (86718) Glyptoria glypta, Psiloria pauperata (86719 86720) Israelaria parnesi (86722) | |
| Lenian | Kyrgyzstan | Jamesella sp. (81268) | |
| Lenian | Morocco | Saesorthis simplicissima (9793 9801 9805) | |
| Delamaran | Canada (Alberta) | Nisusia lowi (225265) | |
| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | Nisusia lowi (225278) | |
| Solvan | Morocco | Saesorthis simplicissima (9790 9791 9792 9794 9795 9797 9799 9802 9803 9804) Saesorthis species A (9796) | |
| Solvan | Kazakhstan | Psiloria karauensis (219910) | |
| Solvan - Menevian | Czech Republic | Jamesella subquadrata, Jamesella perpasta (73545) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Kyrgyzstan | Glyptoria gulchensis (116223) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Czech Republic (Skryje) | Jamesella subquadrata, Jamesella perpasta (203342) | |
| Menevian | Morocco | Jamesella a (9798) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Arizona) | Nisusia kanabensis (211) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Vermont) | Protorthis vermontensis (222) | |
| Merioneth | USA (Vermont) | Protorthis sp. (217) | |
| Tremadocian - Floian | Sweden | Protorthis sp. (3195) | |
| Arenig | Sweden | Protorthis sp. (3196 3199) |