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Ichnusocyathus ichnusae

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae

Taxonomy
Archaeocyathus ichnusae was named by Meneghini (1881). It is the type species of Ichnusocyathus.

It was recombined as Ajacicyathus ichnusae by McKee and Gangloff (1969); it was recombined as Ichnusocyathus ichnusae by Debrenne (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Archaeocyathus ichnusae Meneghini p. 201
1969Ajacicyathus ichnusae McKee and Gangloff p. 725
1977Ichnusocyathus ichnusae Debrenne p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
RankNameAuthor
superfamilySalairocyathoideaZhuravleva 1956
familyAsterocyathidaeVologdin 1956
genusIchnusocyathus
speciesichnusae(Meneghini 1881)

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.

Ichnusocyathus ichnusae Meneghini 1881
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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

Age range: Montezuman or 520.00000 to 515.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (California) Ajacicyathus ichnusae (226366)