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Alphacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Putapacyathida - Alphacyathidae

Taxonomy
Alphacyathus was named by Bedford and Bedford (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Cm Boto-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1243]. It is the type genus of Alphacyathidae, Alphacyathoidea.

It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alphacyathidae by Kerner et al. (2011), Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Alphacyathus Bedford and Bedford
2002Alphacyathus Sepkoski
2011Alphacyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Alphacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1020

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderPutapacyathidaVologdin 1961
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAlphacyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1939
familyAlphacyathidae
genusAlphacyathus

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. †Alphacyathus Bedford and Bedford 1939
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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