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Salairocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Salairocyathidae

Taxonomy
Salairocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Salairocyathoidea, Salairocyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Salairocyathus Sepkoski
2015Salairocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1003

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilySalairocyathoideaZhuravleva 1956
familySalairocyathidaeZhuravleva 1956
genusSalairocyathus

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