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Taxon: Genus Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990 nom. illeg. (prokaryote)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Methanosaetaceae (Family) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.

Ref: D.R. Boone et al., 2001: 289. [assumed]

Current position

Methanosaetaceae (Family) Boone et al. 2002 nom. illeg.

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 21.

Alternative positions

*methanogens* ([unranked])	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 59. [rough position]
*Methanosaetaceae* (Family) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: D.R. Boone et al., 2001: 289. [new position]

Historical positions

*Methanosaetaceae* (Family) Boone et al. 2002 nom. illeg.	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 21.
*Methanosaetaceae* (Family) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 2. [new position]
*Methanosaetaceae* (Family) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: [156]. [new position]
*Methanosaetaceae* (Family) Boone et al. 2001 nom. inval.	Ref: D.R. Boone et al., 2001: 289; xv. [new position]
*methanogens* ([unranked])	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58, 59. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4s]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[4s]

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