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Urcyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Kymbecyathidae

Taxonomy
Urcyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Urcyathus Sepkoski
2015Urcyathus Debrenne et al. p. 938

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderDokidocyathinaVologdin 1957
superfamilyKymbecyathoidea
familyKymbecyathidae
genusUrcyathus

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. †Urcyathus
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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 (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) U. sp. (81431)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) U. artus (56748) U. spinosus (56752)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) U. batiensis (81309 81321)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Córdoba) U. sp. (78585)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Mongolia U. sp. (22939 22940)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Italy (Sardegna) U. sp. (81035)