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Chankacyathidae

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Chankacyathidae

Taxonomy
Chankacyathidae was named by Yakovlev (1959). It is not extant. Its type is Chankacyathus.

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

Subtaxa
Chankacyathus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Chankacyathidae Yakovlev p. 93
2015Chankacyathidae Debrenne et al. p. 1042

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderLoculicyathinaZhuravleva 1954
superfamilyChankacyathoideaYakovlev 1959
familyChankacyathidaeYakovlev 1959
familyChankacyathidaeYakovlev 1959

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. †Chankacyathidae Yakovlev 1959
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available