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Tercyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Tercyathidae

Taxonomy
Tercyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Tercyathidae, Tercyathoidea.

It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tercyathidae by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Piamaecyathus Osadchaya et al.
2002Tercyathus Sepkoski
2015Tercyathus Debrenne et al. p. 992

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyTercyathoideaVologdin 1939
familyTercyathidaeVologdin 1939
genusTercyathus

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.

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Invalid names: Piamaecyathus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available