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Chankacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Chankacyathidae

Taxonomy
Chankacyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Chankacyathoidea, Chankacyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Chankacyathus Sepkoski
2015Chankacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1042

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderLoculicyathinaZhuravleva 1954
superfamilyChankacyathoideaYakovlev 1959
familyChankacyathidaeYakovlev 1959
genusChankacyathus

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