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Membranacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Membranacyathidae

Taxonomy
Membranacyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Membranacyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Membranacyathus Sepkoski
2015Membranacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1007

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilyKasyricyathoideaZhuravleva 1961
familyMembranacyathidaeDebrenne et al. 2002
genusMembranacyathus

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