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Morenicyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae

Taxonomy
Morenicyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Denaecyathellus Osadchaya et al.
2002Kellericyathus Sepkoski
2002Morenicyathus Sepkoski
2015Morenicyathus Debrenne et al. p. 945

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familyBronchocyathidaeBedford and Bedford 1936
genusMorenicyathus

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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Invalid names: Denaecyathellus Osadchaya et al. 1979 [synonym], Kellericyathus [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 512.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) M. makarichus (56755 56756)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Córdoba) M. cordobae, M. arruzafai (78585)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Denaecyathellus sp. (81312)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) M. sp. (51432)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Kellericyathus sp. (56761 56762 56763)