Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Methanobacteriati - (Phylum) Methanobacteriota - (Class) Methanosarcinia - (Order) Methanosarcinales - (Family) Methanosarcinaceae

Subsequent positions

Methaneocreatrices (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.

Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 38. [assumed]

Current position

Methanosarcinaceae (Family) Balch and Wolfe 1981

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 18; LPSN[20 Nov 2025].

Alternative positions

Methaneocreatrices (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 38. [rough position]
methanogens ([unranked])	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58. [rough position]

Historical positions

Methanosarcinaceae (Family) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [6 Sep 2017]. [available name]
Methanosarcinaceae (Family) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 18.
Methanosarcinaceae (Family) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 2.
Methanosarcinaceae (Family) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz, 2001: 269; xiv.
Methanosarcinaceae (Family) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: [156].
methanogens ([unranked])	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58. [rough position]
Methaneocreatrices (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 38. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	14s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Jan 2015	[14s]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[11s]