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Japhanicyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Japhanicyathidae

Taxonomy
Japhanicyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Japhanicyathidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Japhanicyathus Sepkoski
2015Japhanicyathus Debrenne et al. p. 973

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyLenocyathoideaZhuravleva 1956
familyJaphanicyathidaeRozanov 1989
genusJaphanicyathus

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