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Dictyosycon

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae

Taxonomy
Dictyosycon is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Dictyosycon Sepkoski
2015Dictyosycon Debrenne et al. p. 1054

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyArchaeocyathoideaHinde 1889
familyArchaeopharetridaeBedford and Bedford 1936
genusDictyosycon

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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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 (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) D. radiatus (81243) D. radiatus, D. sp. (81244)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) D. radiatus (81248) D. sp., D. radiatus (51431)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) D. sp., D. radiatus (81251) D. sp., D. radiatus, D. gravis (81252)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) D. radiatus (56748 56749 56750 56751 56752 56754 56755)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) D. radiatus (56746)