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Fallocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Fallocyathidae

Taxonomy
Fallocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Fallocyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Fallocyathus Sepkoski
2015Fallocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 978

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyEthmophylloideaOkulitch 1937
familyFallocyathidaeRozanov 1969
genusFallocyathus

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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Fallocyathus canalgrandensis Perejon et al. 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available