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Kijacyathidae

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Kijacyathidae

Taxonomy
Kijacyathidae was named by Zhuravleva (1964). Its type is Kijacyathus.

It was assigned to Ethmophylloidea by Kerner et al. (2011) and Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Kijacyathidae Zhuravleva
2011Kijacyathidae Kerner et al. p. http://archaeocyatha.infosyslab.fr/gener
2015Kijacyathidae Debrenne et al. p. 980

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderAjacicyathina
superfamilyEthmophylloideaOkulitch 1937
familyKijacyathidaeZhuravleva 1964
familyKijacyathidaeZhuravleva 1964

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.

Fm. †Kijacyathidae Zhuravleva 1964
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G. †Aporosocyathus Kruse 1978
G. †Protocyathus Ford 1878
G. †Qinlingocyathus Yang and Yuan 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-05-09 19:07:07
Modified: 2009-10-06 09:36:25
Source: p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Flexanulus oosthuizeni (182205)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Shaanxi) Qinlingocyathus astomus, Qinlingocyathus clarus (232927)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Kijacyathus lavrenovae (81323) Kijacyathus sp. (81327)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Fansycyathus lermontovae (81215 81216)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Fansycyathus sp. (56751) Kijacyathus fedyaninae (56759)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation Fansycyathus lemontovae (9990) Yudjaicyathus astashkini (10081)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Kijacyathus sp. (81324)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Fansycyathus sp. (56763)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Antarctica Aporosocyathus mucroporus, Aporosocyathus sp. (62871)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Yakutia) Fansycyathus lermontovae (174246 232979)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Kijacyathus chomentowskii (81071)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Mongolia Kijacyathus sp. (45951)