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Tylocyathus

Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Tylocyathidae

Taxonomy
Tylocyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Tylocyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tylocyathus Sepkoski
2015Tylocyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderCapsulocyathidaZhuravleva 1964
RankNameAuthor
suborderCapsulocyathinaZhuravelva 1964
familyTylocyathidaeZhuravlev 1988
genusTylocyathus

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