Spirulida is an order of comprising one extant taxon species ( Spirula spirula) and several extinction taxon.
Fossil record
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Oldest representative: Carboniferous, though contested: see Shimanskya
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Oldest uncontested representative: Late Jurassic
Classification
Taxa marked with † are extinct.
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Order Spirulida
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Suborder † Groenlandibelina Khromov, 1990
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Suborder † Belopterina Engeser, 1998
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Suborder Spirulina Pompeckj, 1912