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Spirillicyathus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae

Taxonomy
Spirillicyathus was named by Bedford and Bedford (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm(Boto-l) Misspelled as Spirillicyathella. Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Cm Boto-u].

It was assigned to Archaeocyathida by Zhuravlev and Gravestock (1994) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Copleicyathidae by Kerner et al. (2011) and Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Spirillicyathus Bedford and Bedford
1994Spirillicyathus Zhuravlev and Gravestock
2002Spirillicyathella Sepkoski
2011Spirillicyathella Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Spirillicyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1060

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyMetacyathoideaBedford and Bedford 1934
familyCopleicyathidaeBedford and Bedford 1937
genusSpirillicyathusBedford and Bedford 1937

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. †Spirillicyathus Bedford and Bedford 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available