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Asterocyathidae

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Asterocyathidae Vologdin
2011Asterocyathidae Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Asterocyathidae Debrenne et al. p. 997

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilySalairocyathoideaZhuravleva 1956
familyAsterocyathidaeVologdin 1956
familyAsterocyathidaeVologdin 1956

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. †Asterocyathidae Vologdin 1956
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G. †Antoniocoscinus Zhuravlev 1988
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†Antoniocoscinus sardicus Perejon et al. 2000
†Antoniocoscinus terradensis Perejon et al. 1994
G. †Asterocyathus Vologdin 1940
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Asterocyathus densus Vologdin 1940
†Asterocyathus salairicus Vologdin 1940
G. †Erismacoscinus Debrenne 1958
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†Erismacoscinus bornemanni Perejon et al. 2000
†Erismacoscinus uniporus Handfield 1971
Invalid names: Churanocyathus [synonym]
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†Ichnusocyathus ichnusae Meneghini 1881
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†Rozanovicoscinus stellatus Gravestock 1984
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Montezuman or 525.50000 to 515.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 521.0 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Erismacoscinus sp. (182205)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Evenki) Retecoscinus retetabulae (80869)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Y) Retecoscinus retetabulae (10093)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Retecoscinus retetabulae (10067)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Retecoscinus retetabulae (80841)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Erismacoscinus rojkovi (80794 80800 80802 80807 80808 80810 80816) Erismacoscinus rojkovi, Retecoscinus sakhaensis (80814) Retecoscinus proximus (80950 80952) Retecoscinus retetabulae (10041)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Cataluna) Erismacoscinus calathus, Erismacoscinus sp. 1, Erismacoscinus sp. 2, Antoniocoscinus terradensis (81294)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Erismacoscinus rojkovi (232980)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) Asterocyathus densus (232977) Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus stepanovi (51432)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Retecoscinus sp. (81216)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Salair) Asterocyathus salairicus (232867)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Asterocyathus sp. (81322) Retecoscinus sp. (81311)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Evenki) Retecoscinus retetabulae (80871) Retecoscinus retetabulae, Retecoscinus zegebarti (80870 80872 80874)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Shaanxi) Antoniocoscinus moheoshanensis (232927)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Extremadura) Erismacoscinus sp. (81039 81040)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Retecoscinus zeggebarti, Retecoscinus sp. (81429)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) Erismacoscinus uniporus (49011)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Córdoba) Erismacoscinus sp., Retecoscinus guadalquivirensis (78585)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Asterocyathus sp., Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus secundus, Erismacoscinus nataliae, Erismacoscinus sokolovi, Retecoscinus retetabulae (56748) Asterocyathus sp., Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus torgaschinensis (56745 56759) Asterocyathus sp., Erismacoscinus sp., Retecoscinus zegebarti (56751) Asterocyathus sp., Erismacoscinus torgaschinensis (56756) Erismacoscinus nataliae (56749) Erismacoscinus sokolovi, Erismacoscinus barskovi, Retecoscinus sp. (56755) Erismacoscinus sp. (56741 56742 56743 56757) Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus fimbrillatus (56758) Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus nataliae, Erismacoscinus tomocyathoides, Erismacoscinus fimbrillatus (56754) Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus tomocyathoides (56750 56752) Erismacoscinus sp., Retecoscinus retetabulae (56753)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Rozanovicoscinus stellatus (81171 81172 81173 81177 81180)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco Erismacoscinus diourii, Erismacoscinus marocanus (232981) Erismacoscinus fasciola, Retecoscinus minutus (80893) Erismacoscinus marocanus, Erismacoscinus primus, Retecoscinus minutus (80899) Erismacoscinus marocanus, Retecoscinus minutus (80900) Erismacoscinus primus (80881 80882 80885 80891) Erismacoscinus primus, Erismacoscinus fasciola (80884 80892 80895) Erismacoscinus primus, Erismacoscinus fasciola, Retecoscinus minutus (80898) Erismacoscinus primus, Erismacoscinus sp. (80878) Erismacoscinus rojkovi, Erismacoscinus marocanus, Retecoscinus zhuravlevae (80906)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Germany (Brandenburg) Erismacoscinus primus, Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus tainius (24191) Erismacoscinus sp. (24192) Erismacoscinus tainius (24189 24190)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Sichuan) Erismacoscinus zunyiensis (224601)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Mongolia Ichnusocyathus changaiensis (22939 22940)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Spain (Cataluna) Antoniocoscinus vsevolodi, Erismacoscinus calathus (81293) Erismacoscinus calathus, Erismacoscinus sp. 1, Retecoscinus sp. (81291)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Morocco Erismacoscinus marocanus (80901)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1China (Shaanxi) Erismacoscinus sp. (91499)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (California) Ajacicyathus ichnusae (226366)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Antarctica Erismacoscinus stephensoni (62871)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1France (Languedoc-Rousillon) Erismacoscinus elongatus, Erismacoscinus calathus (81088)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Morocco Antoniocoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus calathus (80852) Erismacoscinus calathus (99162) Erismacoscinus calathus, Erismacoscinus clathratus (99163) Erismacoscinus confossus, Ichnusocyathus simplex (232868)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Asterocyathus sp., Erismacoscinus sokolovi, Erismacoscinus barskovi, Rozanovicoscinus sp. (56761) Erismacoscinus fimbrillatus (56760) Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus subtiliformis (56763) Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus torgaschinensis (56746)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Asterocyathus sp. (81444)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Erismacoscinus bilaterialis (81016)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Italy (Sardegna) Antoniocoscinus sardicus, Erismacoscinus bornemanni (81033) Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus elongatus, Antoniocoscinus sardicus, Erismacoscinus bornemanni (81035)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Italy Erismacoscinus calathus (76115) Erismacoscinus calathus, Erismacoscinus elongatus (76111) Erismacoscinus calathus, Ichnusocyathus sp. (76110) Erismacoscinus elongatus, Erismacoscinus calathus (76112) Erismacoscinus elongatus, Erismacoscinus calathus, Erismacoscinus cancellatus (76114)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Italy (Sardinia) Antoniocoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus sp. (50195)