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Flexanulus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Kijacyathidae

Taxonomy
Flexanulus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Flexanulus Sepkoski
2015Flexanulus Debrenne et al. p. 980

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyEthmophylloideaOkulitch 1937
familyKijacyathidaeZhuravleva 1964
genusFlexanulus

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: Early/Lower Cambrian or 538.80000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Falkland Islands (Malvinas) F. oosthuizeni (182205)