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Baikalocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae

Taxonomy
Baikalocyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Baikalopectinus Gravestock
2002Baikalocyathus Sepkoski
2015Baikalocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 947

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familyEthmocyathidaeDebrenne 1969
genusBaikalocyathus

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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Baikalocyathus capulus Gravestock 1984
Baikalocyathus rimosus Gravestock 1984
Baikalocyathus squamosus Gravestock 1984
Invalid names: Baikalopectinus Gravestock 1984 [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 (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) B. rossicus (81315 81328) B. sp. (81310 81311 81312 81322 81327)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) B. rossicus (232980 233071)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Mongolia B. mongolicus (45947)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) B. rimosus, B. squamosus, Baikalopectinus capulus (81172)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) B. rossicus (81465 81466) B. sp. (51432)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) B. sp. (56748 56749 56750 56751 56755) B. sp., B. rossicus, B. baikalicus (56756 56757)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Mongolia B. mirus (22939 22940)
Atdabanian - Lenian521.0 - 508.2Mongolia B. rossicus (45946)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) B. sp. (56761)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) B. rossicus (81317) B. sp. (81325)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Kazakhstan B. sp. (10012)