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Paleoscyphozoa

Scyphozoa

Taxonomy
Paleoscyphozoa was named by Van Iten et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Scyphozoa by Van Iten et al. (2014).

Subtaxa
Conulatae, Coronatae
Sister taxa
Conulatae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Paleoscyphozoa Van Iten et al. pp. 678, 683

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
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classScyphozoaGoette 1887
—Paleoscyphozoa
—Paleoscyphozoa

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.

Unr. †Paleoscyphozoa Van Iten et al. 2014
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Unr. †Conulatae Moore and Harrington 1956
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Or. †Conulariida Miller and Gurley 1896
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Subor. †Conchopeltina Moore and Harrington 1956
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Fm. †Conchopeltidae Moore and Harrington 1956
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Subor. †Conulariina Miller and Gurley 1896
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Fm. †Conulariellidae Kiderlen 1937
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Fm. †Conulariidae Walcott 1886
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G. †Baccaconularia Hughes et al. 2000
G. †Beijingoconularia Xu and Li 1979
Subfm. †Conulariinae Walcott 1886
Subfm. †Ctenoconulariinae Sinclair 1952
G. †Notoconularia Thomas 1969
Subfm. †Paraconulariinae Sinclair 1952
G. †Pustuloconularia Zhu 1985
Fm. †Conulariopsidae Sugiyama 1942
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G. †Conulariopsis Sugiyama 1942
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†Conulariopsis quadrata Sugiyama 1942
Or. †Conularina Miller and Gurley 1896
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Fm. †Carinachitidae He 1987
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G. †Carinachites Qian 1977
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†Carinachites absidatus Jiang 1982
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Invalid names: Carinachites tetrastichus Zhong 1977 [synonym], Paraconularoides cancellatus He 1984 [synonym], Paraconularoides rhomboidalis He 1984 [synonym]
†Carinachites platus Liu et al. 2005
Invalid names: Mabianoconullus [synonym]
G. †Emeiconularia Qian et al. 1997
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†Emeiconularia amplicanalis Liu et al. 2005
†Emeiconularia trigemme Qian et al. 1997
Fm. †Hexangulaconulariidae He 1987
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G. †Arthrochites Chen 1982
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Invalid names: Primaconulariella [synonym], Sacciella He 1984 [synonym]
G. †Hexaconularia He and Yang 1986
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†Hexaconularia sichuanensis He and Yang 1986
G. †Teresconularia Leme et al. 2003
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†Teresconularia argentinensis Leme et al. 2003
Or. Coronatae Dong et al. 2013
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G. †Olivooides Qian 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:15:41
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:15:41
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Otapirian or 530.70000 to 201.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 529.0 Ma

Collections (477 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0China (Shaanxi) Hexaconularia sichuanensis (7819)
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0China (Sichuan) Carinachites tetrasulcatus, Carinachites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis (7818)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5India Olivooides multisulcatus (99560)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Iran Olivooides multisulcatus (10522)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Shaanxi) Carinachites tetrasulcatus, Carinachites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis, Olivooides multisulcatus (86619) Hexaconularia sp., Olivooides multisulcatus (86554 86555 86561 86566 86567 86568) Olivooides multisulcatus (51734 86553 86556 86557 86558 86559 86560 86562 86564 86569 86570)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Arthrochites emeishanensis (50419) Olivooides sp. (50340 50414)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5India (Uttarakhand) Olivooides alveus (97716)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Sichuan) Arthrochites emeishanensis, Olivooides multisulcatus (232840) Quadrosiphogonuchites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis, Hexaconularia formosa, Olivooides mirabilis, Olivooides multisulcatus (232841) Quadrosiphogonuchites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis, Olivooides multisulcatus (232842)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0China (Shaanxi) Hexaconularia sichuanensis, Olivooides multisulcatus (86585 86586 86587 86588 86589 86590 86591 86592 86593) Olivooides multisulcatus (86580 86581 86582 86583 86584)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4China (Yunnan) Arthrochites emeishanensis, Olivooides multisulcatus (201524) Hexaconularia sichuanensis, Olivooides multisulcatus (201533 201537 201538 201539) Olivooides multisulcatus (201490 201491 201510 201532 201534)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Anhui) Olivooides sp. (107772)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Sichuan) Carinachites quadratus, Carinachites curvatornatus, Arthrochites emeishanensis, Emeiconularia trigemme, Olivooides multisulcatus (108312) Conulariella sp., Hexaconularia sp., Olivooides sp. (107389) Paraconularoides cancellatus, Paraconularoides rhomboidalis, Sacciella pupiformis (107390)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Guizhou) Olivooides sp. (106512 106513 106514 106519 108391)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Shaanxi) Carinachites tetrastichus, Olivooides multisulcatus (107774) Emeiconularia amplicanalis, Carinachites platus (108040)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Quadrosiphogonuchites curvatornatus (171902)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0India Olivooides sp. (140175)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland (Peary Land) Olivooides sp. (210618)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Coronatae indet. (230679)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (California) Conulariida indet. (205357 205358)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (New York) Conularia sp. (332)