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Cloudina
Taxonomy
Cloudina was named by Germs (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: V u V N-Da]. It is not extant. Its type is Cloudina hartmannae. It is the type genus of Cloudinidae.
It was assigned to Cribricyathea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cloudinidae by Hahn and Pflug (1985), Yang et al. (2020), Vinn et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Cribricyathea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cloudinidae by Hahn and Pflug (1985), Yang et al. (2020), Vinn et al. (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Cloudina Germs |
| 1985 | Cloudina Hahn and Pflug p. 421 |
| 1987 | Nevadatubulus Signor and Mount p. 428 |
| 2002 | Cloudina Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Nevadatubulus Sepkoski |
| 2020 | Cloudina Yang et al. p. 7 |
| 2025 | Cloudina Vinn et al. p. 31 |
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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. †Cloudina Germs 1972
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†Cloudina carinata Cortijo et al. 2010
†Cloudina hartmanae Germs 1972
†Cloudina hartmannae Germs 1972
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Invalid names: Nevadatubulus dunfeei Signor and Mount 1987 [synonym]
†Cloudina lucianoi Beurlen and Sommer 1957
†Cloudina ningqiangensis Cai et al. 2017
†Cloudina riemkeae Germs 1972
†Cloudina xuanjiangpingensis Cai et al. 2017
Invalid names: Nevadatubulus Signor and Mount 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (58 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ediacaran | China (Shaanxi) | C. hartmannae (10340 51735 86622 237351) C. hartmannae, C. xuanjiangpingensis, C. ningqiangensis (200480) C. sp. (237300) | |
| Ediacaran | USA (Nevada) | C. sp. (7177 7180 223400) Nevadatubulus dunfeei (10545) | |
| Ediacaran | Namibia | C. sp. (6813 7910 7911 7912 113370 216946) | |
| Ediacaran | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | C. hartmannae (99183 99184) | |
| Ediacaran | Brazil | C. lucianoi (97211 237533 237535 237545) C. sp. (237528) C. waldei, C. lucianoi (51753) | |
| Ediacaran | Mexico (Sonora) | C. hartmannae (231369) C. sp. (99427) | |
| Ediacaran | South Africa | C. hartmannae (237632 237640 237662 237664) | |
| Ediacaran | Spain | C. carinata (99293) C. sp. (237505) | |
| Ediacaran | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) | C. lucianoi (237530 237537 237540 237543) | |
| Ediacaran | Uruguay (Lavalleja) | C. riemkeae (242133 242142) | |
| Ediacaran | Canada (British Columbia) | C. hartmannae (97710) | |
| Ediacaran | Paraguay | C. lucianoi (131398 237510 237511 237512) | |
| Ediacaran | USA (California) | C. sp. (7181 231416) Nevadatubulus dunfeei (10547 10548 10549) | |
| Ediacaran | Oman | C. hartmannae (10339) C. sp. (51739) | |
| Ediacaran | Namibia (Southeastern Namibia) | C. hartmannae (89797) | |
| Ediacaran | Iran | C. sp. (195101 195106 195107) | |
| Ediacaran | China (Hubei) | C. hartmannae (86623) | |
| Vendian | Brazil | C. lucianoi (97562) | |
| Ediacaran - Fortunian | Spain | C. carinata, C. xuanjiangpingensis, C. hartmanae (205645) | |
| Nemakit-Daldynian | Namibia | C. sp. (51742) |