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Papillocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Papillocyathidae

Taxonomy
Papillocyathus was named by Zhuravleva et al. (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm Boto-l Rozanov in Zhuravleva, Konyushkov & Rozanov 1964]. It is the type genus of Papillocyathidae.

It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Papillocyathidae by Kerner et al. (2011) and Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Papillocyathus Zhuravleva et al.
2002Papillocyathus Sepkoski
2011Papillocyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Papillocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 930

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderDokidocyathinaVologdin 1957
superfamilyPapillocyathoideaRozanov 1989
familyPapillocyathidaeRozanov 1989
genusPapillocyathusZhuravleva et al. 1964

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.

G. †Papillocyathus Zhuravleva et al. 1964
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Diagnosis
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