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Tercyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Tercyathidae

Taxonomy
Tercyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Tercyathidae, Tercyathoidea.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Piamaecyathus Osadchaya et al.
2002Tercyathus Sepkoski
2015Tercyathus Debrenne et al. p. 992

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyTercyathoideaVologdin 1939
familyTercyathidaeVologdin 1939
genusTercyathus

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: Piamaecyathus [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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) T. sp. (81336 81433)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) T. duplex, Piamaecyathus flexuosus (81446) T. duplex, Piamaecyathus sp. (81449) T. sp. (81443 81448 81451) T. sp., Piamaecyathus sajanicus (81460) T. sp., Piamaecyathus sajanicus, Piamaecyathus flexuosus (81445) T. validus (81462)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) T. duplex (56762) T. duplex, T. sajanicus, T. validus (56763) T. robustus (56760 56761)