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Alphacyathoidea

Archaeocyatha - Putapacyathida

Taxonomy
Alphacyathoidea was named by Bedford and Bedford (1939). It is not extant. Its type is Alphacyathus.

It was assigned to Putapacyathida by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Alphacyathoidea Bedford and Bedford
2015Alphacyathoidea Debrenne et al. p. 1020

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
RankNameAuthor
orderPutapacyathidaVologdin 1961
superfamilyAlphacyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1939
superfamilyAlphacyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1939

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.

Superfm. †Alphacyathoidea Bedford and Bedford 1939
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Fm. †Alphacyathidae Bedford and Bedford 1939
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G. †Alphacyathus Bedford and Bedford 1939
G. †Aptocyathus Vologdin 1937
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Aptocyathus prima Zhuravleva et al. 1964
Invalid names: Aptocyathella Zhuravleva et al. 1964 [synonym], Galinaecyathus [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 512.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Galinaecyathus lebedensis (81315)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Galinaecyathus sp. (56759)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Aptocyathus gordoni (81433)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Aptocyathus sp., Aptocyathus biktashensis, Aptocyathus gordoni (56760)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Aptocyathella sp., Aptocyathus gordoni, Aptocyathus sp., Aptocyathus vitilis, Galinaecyathus sp., Aptocyathella prima (81446) Aptocyathus gordoni (81460) Aptocyathus gordoni, Aptocyathella prima (81462) Aptocyathus gordoni, Aptocyathus sp., Aptocyathus vitilis, Aptocyathella prima (81445) Aptocyathus gordoni, Aptocyathus vitilis, Aptocyathus sp., Galinaecyathus sp., Aptocyathella prima (81449) Aptocyathus sp., Galinaecyathus lebedensis (81448) Aptocyathus sp., Galinaecyathus sp. (81451)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Kyrgyzstan Aptocyathus sp. (81268)