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Aptocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Putapacyathida - Alphacyathidae

Taxonomy
Aptocyathus was named by Vologdin (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Cm Boto-u].

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

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Aptocyathus Vologdin
1964Aptocyathella Zhuravleva et al.
1979Galinaecyathus Osadchaya et al.
2002Aptocyathella Sepkoski
2002Aptocyathus Sepkoski
2011Aptocyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Aptocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1022

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

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. †Aptocyathus Vologdin 1937
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Aptocyathus prima Zhuravleva et al. 1964
Invalid names: Aptocyathella Zhuravleva et al. 1964 [synonym], Galinaecyathus [synonym]
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 512.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Galinaecyathus sp. (56759)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Galinaecyathus lebedensis (81315)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) A. sp., A. biktashensis, A. gordoni (56760)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Aptocyathella sp., A. gordoni, A. sp., A. vitilis, Galinaecyathus sp., Aptocyathella prima (81446) A. gordoni (81460) A. gordoni, Aptocyathella prima (81462) A. gordoni, A. sp., A. vitilis, Aptocyathella prima (81445) A. gordoni, A. vitilis, A. sp., Galinaecyathus sp., Aptocyathella prima (81449) A. sp., Galinaecyathus lebedensis (81448) A. sp., Galinaecyathus sp. (81451)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) A. gordoni (81433)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Kyrgyzstan A. sp. (81268)