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Dictyocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae

Taxonomy
Dictyocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Dictyocyathidae, Dictyocyathoidea.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Prismocyathus Osadchaya et al.
2002Dictyocyathus Sepkoski
2015Dictyocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1045

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyDictyocyathoideaTaylor 1910
familyDictyocyathidaeTaylor 1910
genusDictyocyathus

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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Dictyocyathus minorsignis Perejon et al. 1994
Invalid names: Prismocyathus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available