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Favilynthidae

Archaeocyatha - Monocyathida - Favilynthidae

Taxonomy
Favilynthidae was named by Debrenne (1989). Its type is Favilynthus.

It was assigned to Monocyathida by Kerner et al. (2011) and Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Favilynthidae Debrenne
2011Favilynthidae Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Favilynthidae Debrenne et al. p. 926

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
RankNameAuthor
orderMonocyathidaOkulitch 1935
familyFavilynthidaeDebrenne 1989
familyFavilynthidaeDebrenne 1989

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.

Fm. †Favilynthidae Debrenne 1989
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G. †Favilynthus Debrenne and Zhuravleva 1974
G. †Robertiolynthus Zhuravleva 1987
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Robertiolynthus handfieldi Zhuravlev 1987
Invalid names: Veolynthus Zhuravleva et al. 1997 [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 512.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Favilynthus contractus (182205)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) Favilynthus sp. (51432)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Robertiolynthus handfieldi (80957 80960)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Canada (British Columbia) Robertiolynthus sp. (81085)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Veolynthus jucundus (56760)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Robertiolynthus handfieldi (7787)