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.
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). cited in 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). cited in C. auge was excavated from the earliest Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (Tournaisian, Scaliognathus anchoralis-conodont zone, Brezina Formation, near Mokra village) cited in and Germany (Tournaisian, Erdbach Limestone Formation, quarry at north-western margin of Steeden, Hessen; cited in and quarry and slope at the Iberg-Winterberg, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony). cited in 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) cited in cited in and the Netherlands (IJburg, Amsterdam). C. boikoi is known from the Lower Permian of the Russian Federation (Sakmarian, Tastuba quarry, Voznesenka, Bashkortostan). C. carringtonensis has been found in the Lower Carboniferous of Belgium (Viséan; Tournaisian, Heibaart, Louenhout), cited in Germany (Velbert "Am Wasserfall"). cited in and the United Kingdom (Asbian, Hopedale Limestones Formation, Gateham Hill, England; cited in and Benburb type section (Viséan, Gorestown Mudstone Member, Blackstokes Limestone Formation, Northern Ireland). cited in C. jonesii comes from earliest Carboniferous of France (Tournaisian, Mitzach, Southern Vosges, Alsace) cited in and Germany (Ratingen; Sondern, quarry east of Sondern). cited in C. laticaudata occurs in the Lower Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (Viséan, Monsal Dale Limestones Formation, Mich Low, England). cited in C. raniceps is present in the Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (Visean, Milldale Limestone Formation, Thorpe Cloud, England). cited in C. slovenica occurs in the Lower Permian of Slovenia (Asselian, Dovžan Gorge Formation, Na Peceh, north of Jesenice, Karawanks). cited in
Taxonomy C. zephyr = Bedicella zephyr
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