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Ethmocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae

Taxonomy
Ethmocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Ethmocyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ethmocyathus Sepkoski
2015Ethmocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 947

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familyEthmocyathidaeDebrenne 1969
genusEthmocyathus

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available