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Agastrocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae

Taxonomy
Agastrocyathus was named by Debrenne (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-l Cm Atda-u].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Agastrocyathus Debrenne
2002Agastrocyathus Sepkoski
2015Agastrocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1058

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyMetacyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1934
familyCopleicyathidaeBedford and Bedford 1937
genusAgastrocyathusDebrenne 1964

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. †Agastrocyathus Debrenne 1964
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Agastrocyathus araneosus Gravestock 1984
Agastrocyathus gastus Yuan and Zhang 1983
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 512.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco A. chouberti (80900) A. gregarius (80881 80882 80885 80886 80892 80898 80899 80905 80906 80907 232981)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Shaanxi) A. gastus (232926)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) A. araneosus (81171)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Italy (Sardegna) A. sp. (81032)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Italy (Sardinia) A. sp. (50195)