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Thalamocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae

Taxonomy
Thalamocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Bronchocyathoidea, Bronchocyathidae.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Bronchocyathus Bedford and Bedford
1973Thalamopectinus Debrenne
1986Thalamopectinus Debrenne and Kruse
2002Thalamocyathus Sepkoski
2015Thalamocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 941

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

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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Thalamocyathus inclinatus Osadchaya et al. 1979
Invalid names: Bronchocyathus Bedford and Bedford 1936 [synonym], Thalamopectinus Debrenne 1973 [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 512.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Falkland Islands (Malvinas) T. trachealis (182203) T. trachealis, T. sp. (182205)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Thalamocyathellus inclinatus (81314) T. howelli, Thalamocyathellus inclinatus (81323) T. howelli, T. subhowelli (81327) T. howelli, T. subhowelli, T. lucidus (81312)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) T. apprimus (233071)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) T. continuus (56754 56755 56758) T. continuus, T. sp. (56756 56757)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) T. sp. (81335)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Antarctica T. trachealis, T. sp. (62871) Thalamopectinus arterialis (80915)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Yakutia) T. apprimus (174246 232979)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) T. tectus (79945) T. trachealis, T. partitus (81016)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Russian Federation (Primorye) T. howelli (81071)