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Palmericyathus lineatus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae

Taxonomy
Palmericyathus lineatus was named by Greggs (1959) [Lower Cambrian; Northwestern Territories and British Columbia]. Its type specimen is GSC #14315.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2005-04-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Palmericyathus lineatus Greggs p. 66 figs. 14: 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
suborderAjacicyathina
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familySajanocyathidaeVologdin 1956
genusPalmericyathusHandfield 1971
specieslineatusGreggs 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.

Palmericyathus lineatus Greggs 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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) Palmericyathus lineatus (49011)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Palmericyathus lineatus (49020)