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Hupecyathus

Archaeocyatha - Putapacyathida - Hupecyathidae

Taxonomy
Hupecyathus was named by Debrenne (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda Sepkoski's reference number: 1]. It is the type genus of Hupecyathidae, Hupecyathoidea.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Hupecyathus Debrenne
2002Hupecyathus Sepkoski
2011Hupecyathus Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Hupecyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1023

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderPutapacyathidaVologdin 1961
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyHupecyathoideaDebrenne et al. 1990
familyHupecyathidaeDebrenne et al. 1990
genusHupecyathusDebrenne 1964

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. †Hupecyathus Debrenne 1964
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Diagnosis
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