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Veronicacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Veronicacyathidae

Taxonomy
Veronicacyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Veronicacyathidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Bractocyathus Sepkoski
2002Veronicacyathus Sepkoski
2015Veronicacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1009

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilyPolycoscinoideaDebrenne 1964
familyVeronicacyathidaeDebrenne et al. 2002
genusVeronicacyathus

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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Veronicacyathus limbatus Gravestock 1984
Veronicacyathus radiatus Gravestock 1984
Invalid names: Bractocyathus [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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) V. complexus (81172) V. radiatus (81171 81173 81181)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Bractocyathus labiosus, V. concavus (81016) Bractocyathus labiosus, V. limbatus (81184)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Antarctica Bractocyathus labiosus, V. sp. (62871) V. gravestocki (80915)