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Lanicyathus

Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Lanicyathidae

Taxonomy
Lanicyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Lanicyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Lanicyathus Sepkoski
2015Lanicyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1035

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderCapsulocyathidaZhuravleva 1964
RankNameAuthor
suborderCoscinocyathinaZhuravleva 1955
superfamilyClathricoscinoideaRozanov 1964
familyLanicyathidaeDebrenne et al. 1989
genusLanicyathus

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