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Sanarkocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Sanarkocyathidae

Taxonomy
Sanarkocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Sanarkocyathidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sanarkocyathus Sepkoski
2015Sanarkocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 970

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyTumulocyathoideaKrasnopeeva 1953
familySanarkocyathidaeHill 1972
genusSanarkocyathus

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) S. sp. (56752 56753)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Canada (British Columbia) S. plurimus (81083)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Canada (Northwest Territories) S. plurimus (80957)