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Gumbycyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Vologdinocyathidae

Taxonomy
Gumbycyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Gumbycyathus Sepkoski
2015Gumbycyathus Debrenne et al. p. 963

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyErbocyathoideaVologdin and Zhuravleva 1956
familyVologdinocyathidaeYaroshevich 1957
genusGumbycyathus

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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available