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Formosocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae

Taxonomy
Formosocyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Formosocyathus Sepkoski
2015Formosocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 956

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyBronchocyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familySajanocyathidaeVologdin 1956
genusFormosocyathus

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