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Gatagacyathus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Gatagacyathidae

Taxonomy
Gatagacyathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Gatagacyathoidea, Gatagacyathidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Gatagacyathus Sepkoski
2015Gatagacyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1070

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderDictyofavinaDebrenne 1991
superfamilyGatagacyathoideaDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1992
familyGatagacyathidaeDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1992
genusGatagacyathus

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