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Uranosphaera

Radiocyatha - Uranosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Uranosphaera is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Uranosphaeridae.

It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); to Hetairacyathidae by Finks et al. (2004); and to Uranosphaeridae by Kruse et al. (2015).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Uranosphaera Sepkoski
2004Uranosphaera Finks et al. p. 581
2015Uranosphaera Kruse et al. p. 1090

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
classRadiocyathaDebrenne et al. 1970
RankNameAuthor
familyUranosphaeridaeBedford and Bedford 1936
genusUranosphaera

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
No ecological data are available

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) U. sp. (81172)