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Botomocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Botomocyathidae

Taxonomy
Botomocyathus is a genus. It is the type genus of Botomocyathidae.

It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Zhuravleva (1972); and to Botomocyathidae by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Botomocyathus Zhuravleva
2015Botomocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 990

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyTercyathoideaVologdin 1939
familyBotomocyathidaeZhuravleva 1955
genusBotomocyathus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-05-09 19:07:07
Modified: 2009-10-06 09:36:25
Source: p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) B. zelenovi, B. astrus (81218)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) B. zelenovi (81222) B. zelenovi, B. astrus (81240)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) B. zelenovi (81326 81445 81449)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Yakutia) B. zelenovi (232979)