Cummingella

Cummingella is a genus of proetid trilobite in the family Phillipsiidae that lived from the earliest Carboniferous until the last species' extinction in the Middle Permian. Fossils have been found in corresponding marine strata of Western Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Cummingella
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous-Early Permian
Cummingella belisama, 18 mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Proetida
Family:
Phillipsiidae
Genus:
Cummingella

Reed, 1942
Type species
Phillipsia jonesii
Portlock, 1843
Species
  • C. jonesii (Portlock, 1843) (type), = Phillipsia jonesii
  • C. arbizui Hahn, Hahn & Rabano, 1996
  • C. auge Hahn & Hahn, 1968
  • C. belisama Hahn, Hahn & Brauckmann, 1985
  • C. boikoi Mychko, 2012
  • C. carringtonensis (Woodward, 1884)
  • C. raniceps
  • C. sampsoni Tilsley, 1988
  • C. slovenica Hahn, Hahn & Ramovs, 1990

Distribution
  • C. arbizui was found in the Lower Carboniferous of Spain (Tournaisian, Perna Formation, 1.450 m SSE of Cerro de Perna, 5 km SE of Aliseda, Cáceres).[1]
  • C. auge, C. carringtonensis, C. insulae, and C. tuberculigenata occur at the Lower Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (Asbian, Bee Low Limestones Formation, Treak Cliff, England).[2]
  • C. auge was excavated from the earliest Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (Tournaisian, Scaliognathus anchoralis-conodont zone, Brezina Formation, near Mokra village)[3] and Germany (Tournaisian, Erdbach Limestone Formation, quarry at north-western margin of Steeden, Hessen;[4] and quarry and slope at the Iberg-Winterberg, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony).[5]
  • C. belisama is present in the Lower Carboniferous of Belgium (Tournaisian; Carrières Gauthier-Wincqz Soignies, Carrières Cimescaut, Antoing, Modave Shale, Huy, Carrière do Clypot, Neufville-lez-Soignies; Hainaut)[6][7][8] and the Netherlands (IJburg, Amsterdam).[9]
  • C. boikoi is known from the Lower Permian of the Russian Federation (Sakmarian, Tastuba quarry, Voznesenka, Bashkortostan).[10]
  • C. carringtonensis has been found in the Lower Carboniferous of Belgium (Viséan; Tournaisian, Heibaart, Louenhout),[11] Germany (Velbert "Am Wasserfall").[12] and the United Kingdom (Asbian, Hopedale Limestones Formation, Gateham Hill, England;[13] and Benburb type section (Viséan, Gorestown Mudstone Member, Blackstokes Limestone Formation, Northern Ireland).[14]
  • C. jonesii comes from earliest Carboniferous of France (Tournaisian, Mitzach, Southern Vosges, Alsace)[15] and Germany (Ratingen; Sondern, quarry east of Sondern).[16]
  • C. laticaudata occurs in the Lower Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (Viséan, Monsal Dale Limestones Formation, Mich Low, England).[17]
  • C. raniceps is present in the Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (Visean, Milldale Limestone Formation, Thorpe Cloud, England).[18]
  • C. slovenica occurs in the Lower Permian of Slovenia (Asselian, Dovžan Gorge Formation, Na Peceh, north of Jesenice, Karawanks).[19]
lateral view of Cummingella belisama
Cummingella johnesii trilobite fossils
Cummingella jonesii fossils, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.

Taxonomy

C. zephyr = Bedicella zephyr

References
  1. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Rábano, I. (1996). "Lower Carboniferous trilobites from Western Spain". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 30: 195–223. cited in Dieter Korn. "1.450 m SSE of Cerro de Perna, 5 km SE of Aliseda (Carboniferous of Spain)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. Tilsley, J.W. (1988). "New data on Carboniferous (Dinantian) trilobites from the Peak District, Derbyshire, England". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 47 (2): 163–176. doi:10.1144/pygs.47.2.163. cited in John Alroy. "Treak Cliff (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  3. Rak, S.; Kalvoda, J.; Devuyst, F.X. (2012). "New Mississippian trilobite association from the Brno vicinity and its significance (Moravian Karst), Czech Republic". Geologica Carpathica. 63 (3): 181–190. Bibcode:2012GCarp..63..181R. doi:10.2478/v10096-012-0015-5. cited in Wolfgang Kiessling. "Mokra village (Carboniferous of Czech Republic)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  4. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Müller, P. (1998). "Trilobiten aus den Erdbacher Kalken (Unter-Karbon) von Steeden, Hessen". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 32: 161–219. cited in Dieter Korn. "Steeden, quarry at north-western margin of the town (Carboniferous of Germany)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  5. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Müller, P. (1996). "100 Jahre Trilobiten-Forschung in den Erdbacher Kalken (Unter-Karbon) - Zusammenstellung bisheriger Ergebnisse und Beschreibung neuer Taxa". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 30: 147–193. cited in Dieter Korn. "Bad Grund, quarry and slope at the Iberg-Winterberg (Carboniferous of Germany)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  6. Center of Mineralogy and Paleontology of Belgium. "Primary (Paleozoic) - Lower Carboniferous - Tournaisian (345-335 MA)".
  7. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Brauckmann, C. (1980). "Die Trilobiten des belgischen Kohlenkalkes (Unter-Karbon). 1. Proetinae, Cyrtosymbolinae und Aulacopleuridae". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 14: 165–188. cited in Dieter Korn. "Modave s. Huy (Carboniferous of Belgium)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  8. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Brauckmann, C. (1982). "Die Trilobiten des belgischen Kohlenkalkes (Unter-Karbon). 4. Phillipsia". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 16: 163–182. cited in Dieter Korn. "Carrière do Clypot, Neufville-lez-Soignies, Belgium, Tn 3c (Carboniferous of Belgium)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  9. Alfer van Rossum. "Fossil Identification System - Amsterdam IJburg, The Netherlands". Fossielnet. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  10. Mychko, E.V. (2012). "A new species of trilobites from Sakmarian Reefs of Bashkortostan". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 44–48. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010108. S2CID 128766337.
  11. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Brauckmann, C. (1985). "Die Trilobiten des belgischen Kohlenkalkes (Unter-Karbon). 7. Moschoglossis und Cummingella". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 19: 51–69. cited in Dieter Korn. "Heibaart (Louenhout) (Carboniferous of Belgium)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  12. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Brauckmann, C. (1985). "Die Trilobiten des belgischen Kohlenkalkes (Unter-Karbon). 7. Moschoglossis und Cummingella". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 19: 51–69. cited in Dieter Korn. "Velbert (" Am Wasserfall") (Carboniferous of Germany)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  13. Tilsley, J.W. (1988). "New data on Carboniferous (Dinantian) trilobites from the Peak District, Derbyshire, England". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 47 (2): 163–176. doi:10.1144/pygs.47.2.163. cited in John Alroy. "Gateham Hill (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  14. Mitchell, W.I.; Mitchell, M. (1983). "The Lower Carboniferous (Upper Visean) succession at Benburb, Northern Ireland". Reports of the Institute of Geological Sciences. 82 (12): 1–10. cited in John Alroy. "Benburb type section (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  15. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Maass, R. (1981). "Trilobiten aus dem Unter-Carbon der S-Vogesen". Oberrheinische Geologische Abhandlungen. 30: 1–26. cited in Wolfgang Kiessling. "Mitzach, Southern Vosges, Carboniferous Limestone, Alsace (Carboniferous of France)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  16. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Brauckmann, C. (1980). "Die Trilobiten des belgischen Kohlenkalkes (Unter-Karbon). 1. Proetinae, Cyrtosymbolinae und Aulacopleuridae". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 14: 165–188. cited in Dieter Korn. "Ratingen (Carboniferous of Germany)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  17. Tilsley, J.W. (1988). "New data on Carboniferous (Dinantian) trilobites from the Peak District, Derbyshire, England". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 47 (2): 163–176. doi:10.1144/pygs.47.2.163. cited in John Alroy. "Mich Low (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  18. Tilsley, J.W. (1988). "New data on Carboniferous (Dinantian) trilobites from the Peak District, Derbyshire, England". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 47 (2): 163–176. doi:10.1144/pygs.47.2.163. cited in John Alroy. "Thorpe Cloud (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  19. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Ramovs, A. (1990). "Trilobiten aus dem Unter-Perm (Trogkofel-Kalk, Sakmarium) der Karawanken in Slowenien". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 24: 139–171. cited in Matthew Clapham. "Na Peceh, Karavanke Mountains (Permian of Slovenia)". fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
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