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Geocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Geocyathidae

Taxonomy
Geocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Geocyathidae.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Jakutocyathus Zhuravleva
2002Geocyathus Sepkoski
2015Geocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 970

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyTumulocyathoideaKrasnopeeva 1953
familyGeocyathidaeDebrenne 1964
genusGeocyathus

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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Invalid names: Jakutocyathus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-05-09 19:07:07
Modified: 2009-10-06 09:36:25
Source: p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation G. krasnopeevae (9990)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) G. botomaensis (81195) G. botomaensis, G. krasnopeevae, G. latini, Jakutocyathus sp. (81217) G. botomaensis, G. latini (81215) G. botomaensis, G. latini, G. krasnopeevae, Jakutocyathus sp. (81203) G. botomaensis, G. sp., Jakutocyathus sp. (81201 81205 81218) G. botomaensis, Jakutocyathus sp. (81216) G. krasnopeevae, G. botomaensis, G. latini, Jakutocyathus sp. (81219) G. krasnopeevae, G. botomaensis, Jakutocyathus sp. (81221) G. sp. (81198 81214) Jakutocyathus sp. (81204 81220)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) G. botomaensis (232980) G. botomaensis, G. latini, G. isointervallumus, G. vsevolodi (233071)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) G. indigenus (81327) G. sp. (81311)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) G. botomaensis (56758) G. sp. (56748)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) G. botomaensis (56761)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Jakutocyathus sp. (81240)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Yakutia) G. botomaensis, G. latini, G. krasnopeevae (174246 232979)