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Protopharetra

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae

Taxonomy
Protopharetra was named by Bornemann (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm Boto-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archaeocyathidae by Okulitch (1950); to Archaeocyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Archaeopharetridae by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Protopharetra Bornemann p. 705
1950Protopharetra Okulitch p. 393
2002Protopharetra Sepkoski
2015Protopharetra Debrenne et al. p. 1055

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyArchaeocyathoideaHinde 1889
familyArchaeopharetridaeBedford and Bedford 1936
genusProtopharetraBornemann 1884

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. †Protopharetra Bornemann 1884
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Protopharetra junensis Zhuravleva 1987
Protopharetra qidingshanensis Hong et al. 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available