Aspidella

Synonyms: Cyclomedusa Sprigg 1947, Eoporpita Wade 1972

Parent taxon: Problematica according to D. H. Erwin et al. 2011

See also Burzynski et al. 2017, Fedonkin et al. 2007, Hofmann et al. 2008, Mayoral et al. 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthoclava, Acanthosphaera, Acidotocarena, Acutitheca, Aksuglobulus, Amoebinella, Ampelitocystis, Amphoridium, Ancienta, Andobolus, Animikiea, Anzalia, Archaeooides, Archaeopetasus, Archaeotremaria, Archaeozoon, Aristophycus, Arthroon, Artimyctella, Ascosyrinx, Astropolithon, Aurisella, Babetosphaera, Bactryllium, Bavlinella, Beltania, Beltina, Bensonia, Biconulites, Bicornifera, Bioistodina, Blastophycus, Bolonia, Bosworthia, Botomaella, Bovicornellum, Boyarinovicyathidae, Caelestites, Calciphyton, Calcisphaera, Cambrocassis, Cambroclavida, Cambrogeorgina, Cambrotrypa, Caudomorpha, Caveacus, Cestites, Chalasiocranos, Charaussaia, Chondropogon, Clausisphaera, Clavitella, Cochleatina, Coeloscleritophora, Coleolidae, Coleoloida, Coleoloides, Cristatodus, Cupithecidae, Cyclogeorgina, Cycloites, Cyrtochites, Deccanosporium, Dentachites, Dictyophycus, Dimorphoconus, Dinocardia, Dinomischus, Dolichomocelypha, Draffania, Dvinia, Dystachophycus, Ebriella, Ebrinula, Ediacaria, Emeithella, Emmonsaspis, Enchostoma, Entosphaeroides, Eocucumaria, Eoescharopora, Eoglobella, Eophyton, Eosphaera, Etacystis, Eumuensteria, Eurysolenpora, Fensiangia, Fermoria, Flabetheca, Foerstia, Foliaceria, Fomitchella, Forchhammera, Fusuconcharium, Gigartinites, Globuloella, Gochtia, Gorlovella, Granifer, Greysonia, Gunflintia, Gymnosolen, Hadrophycus, Haliserides, Harttites, Heliophycus, Henaniodus, Hensonella, Heosomocelypha, Heterosculpotheca, Hexagonaria, Himanthalites, Huangshandongella, Huishea, Huizenodus, Humboldtochaeta, Huroniospora, Hydrocytium, Hyphantaenia, Indocera, Isnella, Itieria, Jiangshanodus, Kakabekia, Kazakhstanotubulus, Kelyphosphaera, Kiehnensus, Kinsabia, Koksodus, Korilacus, Krishnania, Labyrinthotuba, Labyrinthus, Ladinella, Lascoa, Lenaella, Leptophycus, Leveilleites, Lianophycus, Libodiscus, Licrophycus, Lithostachys, Lochmophycus, Lonchosaccus, Lukatiella, Mabiania, Mamillodus, Manchuriophycus, Maritimella, Martjanowskia, Mawsonella, Medusinites, Megasphaera, Meghystrichosphaeridium, Melopetasus, Microancientia, Microphycus, Micropylepora, Microschedia, Minjaria, Miratheca, Mitscherlichia, Mobergellidae, Mongoliacus, Mongolitesta, Muensteria, Myxomycites, Nemaphycus, Nematophycus, Nereograpsus, Netrelytron, Newlandia, Nicolarites, Nimbia, Ningqiangsclerites, Niphadus, Palaeobotryllus, Palaeobromelia, Palaeorivularia, Palhistiodinia, Papillomembrana, Parammodochium, Pararchaeomonas, Pararenicola, Parmites, Paropsonemidae, Parvulonoda, Perichoderma, Phyllochiton, Pilievicutis, Pitella, Platydendron, Plexoramea, Plicatolingula, Plinthokonion, Poludia, Polycuppes, Polygonosphaerites, Polysiphonides, Polysiphonidia, Poratites, Porocystis, Portalia, Portelia, Praearenaria, Pragmotheca, Proarchaeocyathus, Problematikum, Protoarenicola, Protobolus, Protopterygotheca, Psamathopalass, Pseudokussiella, Pteromidae, Pterpmus, Ptiloncodus, Punctatus, Pyrgites, Pyxolithus, Quadratapora, Quadrorites, Radiaxialia, Radiocyatha, Radiomura, Radix, Redkinia, Redoubtia, Resegia, Reticulum, Rhagnura, Rotadiscidae, Rugatotheca, Sagittitheca, Salanacus, Scambocris, Schodackia, Scissotheca, Scolithus, Selenoplax, Seletinicus, Shamovella, Shetlandia, Shinteinella, Siphonema, Solenotia, Sphenopteron, Spinoceras, Spiralella, Spirangium, Spongillopsis, Sporocystis, Spriggia, Stefania, Stictoconus, Stoibostrombidae, Sutivania, Taitia, Taonurus, Tayshira, Tchangsichiton, Theobaldia, Tintinnoidella, Tommotitubulus, Trachyrytidodiacrodium, Trachyzonodiacrodium, Tridia, Tubigeorgina, Tubulella, Tumulduria, Tungussia, Tunudiscus, Turuchania, Tuvinia, Vermiculites, Wushicites, Yangtzesclerites, Yuliunia, Yunnanodus, Zoogleites

Subtaxa: Aspidella costata Aspidella hatyspytia Aspidella terranovica Cyclomedusa cliffi Cyclomedusa serebrina Eoporpita medusa

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal osmotroph

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