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Lenocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Lenocyathidae

Taxonomy
Lenocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Lenocyathoidea, Lenocyathidae.

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

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyLenocyathoideaZhuravleva 1956
familyLenocyathidaeZhuravleva 1956
genusLenocyathus

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