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Cyrtolitidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)58428https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58428
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Cyrtolitidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classTergomyaHorný 1965
orderCyrtonellidaHorný 1963
familyCyrtolitidaeMiller 1889
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cyrtolitidaefamilybelongs to Bellerophontaceastated with evidenceKnight et al., 1960
Cyrtolitidaefamilybelongs to Sinuitopsidastated without evidenceStarobogatov, 1970
Cyrtolitidaefamilybelongs to Helcionellaceastated with evidenceRunnegar and Jell, 1976
Cyrtolitidaefamilybelongs to Cyrtonellaceastated with evidenceHorný, 1992
Cyrtolitidaefamilybelongs to Gastropodastated without evidenceFrýda, 1999
Cyrtolitidaefamilybelongs to Cyrtonellidastated with evidenceEbbestad and Yochelson, 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)71
First Recorded Appearance501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilityslow-moving (based on Cyrtonellida)
Visionblind (based on Tergomya)
Dietgrazer (based on Cyrtonellida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. A. Miller. 1889. North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Carcassonnellinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Cloudia
genus
listed (PBDB)1501 Ma
Cambrian
501 Ma
Cambrian
Cyclocyrtonella
genus
listed (PBDB)2433 Ma
Silurian
419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Cyrtolites
genus
listed (PBDB)163474 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
Cyrtonellopsis
genus
listed (PBDB)6485 Ma
Cambrian
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Kolihadiscus
genus
listed (PBDB)4419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Neocyrtolites
genus
listed (PBDB)5411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Paracyrtolites
genus
listed (PBDB)11461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Quasisinuites
genus
listed (PBDB)2467 Ma
Middle Ordovician
466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Sinuella
genus
listed (PBDB)4501 Ma
Cambrian
501 Ma
Cambrian
Sinuitopsina
genus
listed (PBDB)1467 Ma
Middle Ordovician
467 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Sinuitopsis
genus
listed (PBDB)29466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
439 Ma
Silurian
Telamocornu
genus
listed (PBDB)2501 Ma
Cambrian
501 Ma
Cambrian
Yochelsonellis
genus
listed (PBDB)9427 Ma
Silurian
426 Ma
Silurian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Cyrtolitidae Miller
1960Cyrtolitidae Knight et al. p. 173
1970Cyrtolitidae Starobogatov p. 300
1976Cyrtolitidae Runnegar and Jell p. 118
1992Cyrtolitidae Horný
1992Cyrtolitidae Wahlman
1999Cyrtolitidae Frýda p. 317
2000Cyrtolitidae Ebbestad and Yochelson

References

Miller S. A. , North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists, 1-664
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
Starobogatov Y.I. (1970) Systematics of Early Paleozoic Monoplacophora, Paleontological Journal 10 3, 293-302
Runnegar B., Jell P.A. (1976) Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution, Alcheringa 1 1/2, 109-132
Horný R. J. (1992) New Lower Devonian Gastropoda and Tergomya (Mollusca) of Bohemia, Časopis Národniho Muzea, Řada příodovĕdná 159 1-4, 99-119
Wahlman G.P. (1992) Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 O, 1-123
Frýda J (1999) Further new gastropods from the Early Devonian Boucotonotus - Palaeozygopleura community of the Prague Basin, Journal of the Czech Geological Survey 44 3-4, 317-325
Ebbestad J.O.R., Yochelson E. L. (2000) Isostrophic molluscs (Tergomya and Gastropoda) from the Upper Ordovician of Norway, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 80 2, 187-202
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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