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]
| Salterellidae Temporal range:
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| Salterella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | †Agmata (?) |
| Family: | †Salterellidae Walcott, 1886[1] |
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| Salterella Billings, 1861
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†Volborthellidae Kiaer, 1916 | |
Genera
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edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Peel, J. S.; Berg-Madsen, V. (1988). "A new salterellid (Phylum Agmata) from the upper Middle Cambrian of Denmark" (PDF). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark. 37: 75–82. doi:10.37570/bgsd-1988-37-07.
- ^ Billings, E.H. (1861). "On some new or little known species of lower Silurian fossils from the Potsdam Group (Primordial zone)". Palaeozoic Fossils, containing descriptions and figures of new or little known species of organic remains from the Silurian rocks, 1861–1865. Vol. 1. Montreal, London, New York & Paris: Dawson Brothers & Ballière. pp. 1–18.
- ^ Schmidt, F. (1888). "Über eine neuentdeckte untercambrische Fauna in Estland". Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. 7. 36 (2): 1–27, 2 pls.
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