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Cadniacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae

Taxonomy
Cadniacyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cadniacyathus Sepkoski
2015Cadniacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 938

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familyDensocyathidaeVologdin 1937
genusCadniacyathus

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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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

Age range: Lenian or 516.00000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Mongolia C. sp. (46156)