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Taxon: Family Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981 (prokaryote)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Methanosarcinales (Order) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.

Ref: D.R. Boone et al., 2001: 268. [assumed]

Current position

Methanosarcinales (Order) Boone et al. 2002

Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Nov 2025]; LPSN[20 Nov 2025].

Alternative positions

Methanosarcinales (Order) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.

Ref: D.R. Boone et al., 2001: 268. [new position]

Historical positions

*Methanosarcinales* (Order) Boone et al. 2002	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [1 Sep 2017].
*Methanosarcinales* (Order) Boone et al. 2002	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 18.
*Methanosarcinales* (Order) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 2. [new position]
*Methanosarcinales* (Order) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: D.R. Boone et al., 2001: 268; xiv. [new position]
*Methanosarcinales* (Order) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: [156]. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	12g;36s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 20 Nov 2025	[12g]
2016	J.P. Euzéby: [6 Sep 2017]	[9g]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[8g;27s]
2001b	G.M. Garrity et al.: 2	[7g]
2001	D.R. Boone et al.	[6g]
2001a	G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt: [156]	[6g]
2000		6g

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