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Cyrtinidae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtinidae was named by Fredericks (1912). It is not extant. Its type is Cyrtina.

It was assigned to Suessiacea by Brunton and Champion (1974); to Spiriferida by Kotlyar et al. (2004); and to Cyrtinoidea by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Cyrtinidae Fredericks
1974Cyrtinidae Brunton and Champion p. 833
2004Cyrtinidae Kotlyar et al. p. 522
2006Cyrtinidae 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
familyCyrtinidaeFredericks 1912
familyCyrtinidaeFredericks 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.

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]
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 Late/Upper Triassic or 443.40000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (621 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Cyrtina sp. (463)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (New York) Cyrtina pyramidalis (82511)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Cyrtina sp. (473)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Cyrtina sp. (188869)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Cyrtina sp. (534)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2China (Gansu) Cyrtina pracedens, Cyrtina praecedens (27757)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (California) Cyrtina sp. (79807)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8USA (Oklahoma) Cyrtina dalmani (26826)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Ukraine Cyrtina praecedens (23488)
Helderbergian - Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Cyrtina praecedens (13875)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Geyerella arakii (109645 118869)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greece Cyrtinidae indet., Licharewina josephinae (64171) Licharewina josephinae (64176)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Licharewina praetriassica (60622 60624 60625 60626)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Cyrtina indet. (31615 31617 31618 31619 31620 31621 31622 31623 31624 31625 31627 31628 31629)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Romania Cyrtina walteri (203525)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyrtina katzeri (203841)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (British Columbia) Cyrtina sp. (44395)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Cyrtina sp. (40672 40683)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Cyrtina sp. (69674)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Ukraine Cyrtina sp. (133097)