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Monotypic taxon: Genus Methanopyrus Kurr et al. 1992 (prokaryote)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Methanobacteriati - (Phylum) Methanobacteriota - (Class) Methanopyri - (Order) Methanopyrales - (Family) Methanopyraceae

Subsequent positions

Methanopyraceae (Family) Huber and Stetter 2001 nom. inval.

Ref: H. Huber & K.O. Stetter, 2001: 354. [assumed]

Current position

Methanopyraceae (Family) Huber and Stetter 2002

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 31; LPSN[20 Nov 2025].

Alternative positions

*methanogens* ([unranked])	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58. [rough position] [indirect]
*Methanopyraceae* (Family) Huber and Stetter 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: H. Huber & K.O. Stetter, 2001: 354. [new position]

Historical positions

*Methanopyraceae* (Family) Huber and Stetter 2002	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [6 Sep 2017]. [available name]
*Methanopyraceae* (Family) Huber and Stetter 2002	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 31.
*Methanopyraceae* (Family) Huber and Stetter 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 3. [new position]
*Methanopyraceae* (Family) Huber and Stetter 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: H. Huber & K.O. Stetter, 2001: 354; xv. [new position]
*Methanopyraceae* (Family) Huber and Stetter 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: [156]. [new position]
*Euryarchaeota* (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[1s]

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