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Gagarinicyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Gagarinicyathidae

Taxonomy
Gagarinicyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Gagarinicyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Gagarinicyathus Sepkoski
2015Gagarinicyathus Debrenne et al. p. 978

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyAnnulocyathoideaKrasnopeeva 1953
familyGagarinicyathidaeDebrenne et al. 1989
genusGagarinicyathus

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: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) G. tarynensis (81219)