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Orbicyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae

Taxonomy
Orbicyathus was named by Vologdin (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tomm-u Cm Boto-u].

It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ajacicyathidae by Kerner et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Orbicyathus Vologdin
2002Orbicyathus Sepkoski
2011Orbicyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familyAjacicyathidae
genusOrbicyathusVologdin 1937

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.

G. †Orbicyathus Vologdin 1937
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) O. contortus (51432) O. enormis (51431) O. mongolicus (81246)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) O. mongolicus (81430) O. mongolicus, O. kazyrensis (81333 81334)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) O. kundatus (81310) O. mongolicus, O. sp. (81322) O. sp. (81327)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) O. mongolicus (81195) O. sp. (81197 81198)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) O. sp. (56748 56749 56751 56752) O. sp., O. curvus, O. kundatus (56750) O. vinkmanae, O. anuloides, O. mongolicus (56757) O. vinkmanae, O. sp. (56756)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) O. mongolicus (232980)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Mongolia O. mongolicus (22939 22941)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) O. sp. (56746)