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Orienticyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Zonacoscinidae

Taxonomy
Orienticyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Orienticyathus Sepkoski
2015Orienticyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1011

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilyPolycoscinoideaDebrenne 1964
familyZonacoscinidaeDebrenne 1971
genusOrienticyathus

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