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Plicocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae

Taxonomy
Plicocyathus was named by Vologdin (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-l Cm Boto-u].

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

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Plicocyathus Vologdin
1960Tumulocyathellus Zhuravleva
1979Torosocyathellus Osadchaya et al.
1989Tumulocyathellus Debrenne et al. p. 152
2002Plicocyathus Sepkoski
2011Plicocyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Plicocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 970

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyTumulocyathoideaKrasnopeeva 1953
familyTumulocyathidaeKrasnopeeva 1953
genusPlicocyathusVologdin 1960

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. †Plicocyathus Vologdin 1960
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Plicocyathus torosus Osadchaya et al. 1979
Invalid names: Torosocyathellus Osadchaya et al. 1979 [synonym], Tumulocyathellus Zhuravleva 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available