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Zonacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae

Taxonomy
Zonacyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Diplocyathellus Sepkoski
2002Zonacyathus Sepkoski
2015Zonacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 959

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familySajanocyathidaeVologdin 1956
genusZonacyathus

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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Zonacyathus borealis Handfield 1971
Zonacyathus princetonensis Handfield 1971
Invalid names: Diplocyathellus [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: 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
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Yukon) Z. borealis (49026)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Z. borealis (49027)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) Z. princetonensis (49013)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Z. einastoi (81222)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Diplocyathellus carmen (81016)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Tuva) Z. vermiculatus (81468 81469) Z. vermiculatus, Z. fonini (81470)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Yakutia) Z. einastoi (232979)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Antarctica Diplocyathellus sp. (62871)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Z. borealis (81316 81317) Z. poletaevae, Z. flexus, Z. vermiculatus (81460) Z. sp. (81451) Z. vermiculatus (81325 81326)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Mongolia Z. vermiculatus (45951)
Botomian - Caerfai516.0 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Diplocyathellus sp. (9315 9316)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Nevada) Diplocyathellus sp. (7787)