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Beltanacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Beltanacyathidae

Taxonomy
Beltanacyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Beltanacyathoidea, Beltanacyathidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Bayleicyathus Gravestock
1984Fridaycyathus Gravestock
2002Beltanacyathus Sepkoski
2015Beltanacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1068

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyBeltanacyathoideaDebrenne 1974
familyBeltanacyathidaeDebrenne 1974
genusBeltanacyathus

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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Beltanacyathus biserialis Gravestock 1984
Beltanacyathus bowmani Gravestock 1984
Beltanacyathus digitus Gravestock 1984
Invalid names: Bayleicyathus Gravestock 1984 [synonym], Fridaycyathus Gravestock 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available