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Anaptyctocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Anaptyctocyathidae

Taxonomy
Anaptyctocyathus was named by Debrenne (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Cm Boto-u]. It is the type genus of Anaptyctocyathidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Anaptyctocyathus Debrenne
2002Anaptyctocyathus Sepkoski
2011Anaptyctocyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Anaptyctocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1008

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilyPolycoscinoideaDebrenne 1964
familyAnaptyctocyathidaeDebrenne 1970
genusAnaptyctocyathusDebrenne 1969

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. †Anaptyctocyathus Debrenne 1969
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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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Falkland Islands (Malvinas) A. sp. (182205)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) A. oppositus (81018)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Antarctica A. manserghi, A. sp. (80915) A. sp. (62871)