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Anaptyctocyathidae

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Anaptyctocyathidae

Taxonomy
Anaptyctocyathidae was named by Debrenne (1970). Its type is Anaptyctocyathus.

It was assigned to Polycoscinoidea by Kerner et al. (2011), Debrenne et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Anaptyctocyathus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Anaptyctocyathidae Debrenne
2011Anaptyctocyathidae Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Anaptyctocyathidae Debrenne et al. p. 1007

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilyPolycoscinoideaDebrenne 1964
familyAnaptyctocyathidaeDebrenne 1970
familyAnaptyctocyathidaeDebrenne 1970

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. †Anaptyctocyathidae Debrenne 1970
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G. †Anaptyctocyathus Debrenne 1969
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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Anaptyctocyathus sp. (182205)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Anaptyctocyathus oppositus (81018)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Antarctica Anaptyctocyathus manserghi, Anaptyctocyathus sp. (80915) Anaptyctocyathus sp. (62871)