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Protoconites

Taxonomy
Protoconites was named by Chen et al. (1994). It is not extant. Its type is Protoconites minor.

It was assigned to Cnidaria by Guo et al. (2020).

Species
P. minor (type species)
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2011-03-18; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Protoconites Chen et al.
2020Protoconites Guo et al. p. a46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
RankNameAuthor
genusProtoconitesChen et al. 1994

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Protoconites Chen et al. 1994
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Protoconites minor Chen et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available