Salterellidae

Salterellidae
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Middle Cambrian
Salterella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Agmata (?)
Family: Salterellidae
Walcott, 1886[1]
Type genus
Salterella
Billings, 1861
Genera
Synonyms[2]

†Volborthellidae Kiaer, 1916

Salterellidae is a family of enigmatic fossil genera from the Early to Middle Cambrian. It was originally created for the genus Salterella by Charles Doolittle Walcott, who placed it in the group Pteropoda.[1] It was later placed in Agmata, a proposed extinct phylum by Ellis L. Yochelson which is accepted by some other authors.[3]

  1. ^ a b Charles Doolittle Walcott (1886). Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. Vol. 30 of Geological Survey bulletin. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 1–369.
  2. ^ Yochelson, Ellis L.; Kisselev, Gennadii N. (2003). "Early Cambrian Salterella and Volborthella (Phylum Agmata) re-evaluated". Lethaia. 36 (1): 8–20. Bibcode:2003Letha..36....8Y. doi:10.1080/00241160310001254.
  3. ^ Peel, John S. (2016). "Anatase and Hadimopanella selection by Salterella from the Kap Troedsson formation (Cambrian Series 2) of North Greenland". GFF. 139 (1): 70–74. doi:10.1080/11035897.2016.1227365. S2CID 132731070.