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Putapacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Putapacyathida - Putapacyathidae

Taxonomy
Putapacyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Putapacyathoidea, Putapacyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Putapacyathus Sepkoski
2015Putapacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1022

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderPutapacyathidaVologdin 1961
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyPutapacyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1936
familyPutapacyathidaeBedford and Bedford 1936
genusPutapacyathus

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