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Cloudia

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae

Taxonomy
Cloudia was named by Knight (1947) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant. Its type is Cloudia buttsi.

It was assigned to Sinuitidae by Runnegar and Jell (1976); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cyrtolitidae by Knight et al. (1960) and Wagner (2023).

Species
C. buttsi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Cloudia Knight
1960Cloudia Knight et al. p. 174
1976Cloudia Runnegar and Jell p. 121
2002Cloudina Sepkoski
2023Cloudia Wagner p. G623

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classTergomya
orderCyrtonellida
familyCyrtolitidae
genusCloudia

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. †Cloudia Knight 1947
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Cloudia buttsi Knight 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available