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Dictyocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae

Taxonomy
Dictyocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Dictyocyathidae, Dictyocyathoidea.

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

Species
D. minorsignis
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. salairicus, D. verticillus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Prismocyathus Osadchaya et al.
2002Dictyocyathus Sepkoski
2015Dictyocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1045

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyDictyocyathoideaTaylor 1910
familyDictyocyathidaeTaylor 1910
genusDictyocyathus

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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†Dictyocyathus minorsignis Perejon et al. 1994
Invalid names: Prismocyathus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Comments: mineralogy based on preservations criteriag
Created: 2008-03-01 08:20:17
Modified: 2008-03-01 10:20:17
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Kruse et al. 1995, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Nangaoian or 525.50000 to 514.50000 Ma

Collections (129 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) D. translucidus (10067 45850 96245 96393)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) D. translucidus (232888)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Y) D. translucidus (10093)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) D. yavorskii, D. sp. (56740)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation D. translucidus (90090)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) D. translucidus (80841)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) D. translucidus (10041 80794 80796 80802 80804 80808 80809 80811 80812 80814 80815 80952 80953 96251 96391 96394 96400)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) D. confertus (81246) D. guartus (81466) D. sp. (51431 81248 81250) D. yavorskii (81465)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) D. sp. (56744 56745) D. sp., D. salairicus (56743) D. yavorskii (56747 56748) D. yavorskii, D. sp. (56741 56749 56751 56754 56756 56757) D. yavorskii, D. sp., D. kontorovichi (56750) D. yavorskii, D. sp., D. spinosus (56755) D. yavorskii, D. tschernyschevae (56752 56753)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) D. sp. (81194 81196 81203 81204 81216) D. sp., D. salairicus (81213) D. sp., D. translucidus (81195 81198 81201)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco D. stipatus (80892 80893)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Germany (Brandenburg) D. stipatus (24189 24190 24191)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Evenki) D. translucidus (80872 80874)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) D. sp. (10065) D. translucidus (232980)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Córdoba) D. stipatus, D. sp. (78585)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Shaanxi) D. shaanxiensis (232926 232927)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) D. salairicus, D. quartus (81428 81431 81432) D. sp. (81332 81333 81334) D. translucidus (80843)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) D. confertus (81243 81244) D. extremus (81322 81323) D. extremus, D. tenuis (81309 81321) D. sp. (81245 81315) D. tenuis (81310 81311)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Guizhou) D. sp. (127337)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1China (Shaanxi) D. sp. (91499)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) D. sp. (81335)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Morocco D. stipatus (80901)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Mongolia D. confertus (22939 22941 22942)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Spain (Cataluna) D. minorsignis (81293) D. sp. (81291)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Australia (Northern Territory) D. sp. (80920 80921)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Mexico D. sp. (62864 62865 62866 62868)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) D. salairicus (81460) D. sp. (81324 81326 81444 81446) D. sp., D. salairicus (81445)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1China (Shaanxi) D. sp. (51460)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Italy (Sardegna) D. sp. (81027 81029 81030 81031 81032)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1France (Languedoc-Rousillon) D. verticillus (81088)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Siberia) D. sp. (10167)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) D. sp. (56760 56763) D. yavorskii, D. sp. (56746)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Morocco D. impletus, D. tenuis (232868) D. verticillus (80852 99162)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Tuva) D. yavorskii (81467 81471) D. yavorskii, D. alterius, D. quartus, Prismocyathus praesignis (81470) D. yavorskii, D. alterius, Prismocyathus sp. (81468) Prismocyathus praesignis (81469)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Italy D. tenerrimus (76112 76113 76114 76115)