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Aptocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Putapacyathida - Alphacyathidae

Taxonomy
Aptocyathus was named by Vologdin (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Cm Boto-u].

It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alphacyathidae by Kerner et al. (2011) and Debrenne et al. (2015).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Aptocyathus Vologdin
1964Aptocyathella Zhuravleva et al.
1979Galinaecyathus Osadchaya et al.
2002Aptocyathella Sepkoski
2002Aptocyathus Sepkoski
2011Aptocyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Aptocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1022

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderPutapacyathidaVologdin 1961
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAlphacyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1939
familyAlphacyathidae
genusAptocyathusVologdin 1937

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.

G. †Aptocyathus Vologdin 1937
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Aptocyathus prima Zhuravleva et al. 1964
Invalid names: Aptocyathella Zhuravleva et al. 1964 [synonym], Galinaecyathus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available