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Ajacicyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae

Taxonomy
Ajacicyathus was named by Bedford and Bedford (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-l Cm Tojo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1243].

It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ajacicyathidae by Kerner et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Ajacicyathus Bedford and Bedford
2002Ajacicyathus Sepkoski
2011Ajacicyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familyAjacicyathidae
genusAjacicyathus

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. †Ajacicyathus Bedford and Bedford 1939
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Ajacicyathus crassus Debrenne 1961
Ajacicyathus nevadensis Okulitch 1943
Ajacicyathus yukonensis Kawase and Okulitch 1957
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 Tommotian to the top of the Dyeran or 525.50000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) A. tkatschenkoi, A. anabarensis (232888) A. virgatus (232887)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Y) A. anabarensis (10093)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) A. anabarensis (96400) A. gigantoporus, A. sp. (80951) A. subturbidus, A. centesimus, A. tkatchenkoi (80950) A. tkatchenkoi (80953) A. tkatchenkoi, A. anabarensis (80952) A. tkatschenkoi (96251 96391 96394) A. virgatus (10041)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) A. tkatschenkoi (45856) A. tkatschenkoi, A. anabarensis, A. cautus, A. turbidus (96393) A. tkatschenkoi, A. anabarensis, A. turbidus (10067) A. virgathus, A. tkatschenkoi (45847) A. virgatus, A. tkatschenkoi (96245)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) A. crassus (49012) A. yukonensis (49011)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) A. sp. (56748 56753)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation A. immanis, A. sp. (10170)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) A. biohermicus (81220) A. biohermicus, A. sp. (81221) A. biohermicus, A. sp., A. arteintervallum (81219) A. sp. (81205 81216) A. sp., A. anabarensis (81196) A. sp., A. anabarensis, A. gigantoporus (81197 81204) A. sp., A. arteintervallum (81218) A. sp., A. biohermicus (81203 81214 81217) A. sp., A. biohermicus, A. anabarensis, A. gigantoporus (81198) A. sp., A. biohermicus, A. arteintervallum (81201) A. sp., A. biohermicus, A. gigantoporus, A. tkatschenkoi (81195) A. sp., A. tkatschenkoi, A. biohermicus, A. gigantoporus (81194)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) A. arteintervallum (10065)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Mongolia A. mongolicus (63210)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) A. shoricus (81310 81311)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Mongolia A. mongolicus (22939 22940)
Montezuman - Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0Mexico A. rimouski, A. nevadensis (10681)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3Mexico A. rimouski, A. nevadensis (10682)
Montezuman - Dyeran520.0 - 509.7USA (California) A. nevadensis (217094)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) A. bedfordorum (56763)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1China (Guizhou) A. sp. (79911)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) A. biohermicus, A. consuetus (81222) A. sp. (81240)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) A. aequitriens (79944) A. aequitriens, A. foraminatus (81016)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Canada (Yukon) A. sp. (80948)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) A. sp. (81444)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Antarctica A. ajax (62871) A. ajax, A. araius (80915)
Botomian - Toyonian516.0 - 508.2Canada (Yukon) A. sp. (80949)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Kyrgyzstan A. sp. (81268)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Australia (South Australia) A. sp. (81025)