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Cymatiosphaera

Taxonomy
Cymatiosphaera was named by Wetzel (1933). It is not extant. Its type is Cymatiosphaera radiata.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Wetzel (1933) and Andrews (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Cymatiosphaera Wetzel
1970Cymatiosphaera Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusCymatiosphaeraWetzel 1933

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. †Cymatiosphaera Wetzel 1933
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Cymatiosphaera coronis Schrank 2003
Cymatiosphaera delicata Cookson and Eisenack 1971
Cymatiosphaera eupeplos Deflandre 1954
Cymatiosphaera imitata Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Cymatiosphaera muralis Schrank 2003
Cymatiosphaera parva Sarjeant 1959
Cymatiosphaera polyornata Schrank 2003
Cymatiosphaera pterota Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Cymatiosphaera punctifera Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Cymatiosphaera radiata Wetzel 1933
Cymatiosphaera rotunda Fensome 1990
Cymatiosphaera stigmata Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Cymatiosphaera triradiata Schrank 2003
Cymatiosphaera wetzelii Deflandre 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Stenian to the top of the Aquitanian or 1200.00000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (227548)
Neoproterozoic1000.0 - 541.0India C. sp. (97593)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Norway (Svalbard Archipelago) C. sp. (148617 148618)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Finland (Soderfjarden) C. sp. (41196)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Norway C. sp. (2911) C. wenlockia (2914)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Siberia) C. pavimenta (206378 206379 206380 206381 206386)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Ohio) C. acinosa, C. adaiochorata, C. brevicrista, C. daioariochora, C. labyrinthica, C. parvicarina, C. rhacoamba, C. velicarina (23340)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Germany C. sp. (23827)
Rotliegendes - Ufimian283.5 - 272.5Norway C. spp. (31370 31375)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Germany C. sp. (23705)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Norway C. sp. (31367)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Norway C. spp. (31400)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) C. sp. (232076)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Netherlands C. sp. (137658)
Rhaetian - Sinemurian208.5 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (25838)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) C. spp. (150017 150030)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Chile (Doceava Región) C. spp. (150023)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. sp. (223031 223059)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica C. spp. (150509)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica C. spp., C. wetzelii (150182)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. sp. (151587)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan C. sp. (116622 116632 116637)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan C. sp. (116623 116633)