Archaeocothurnus bifida Ubaghs and Robison 1988

Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae

Alternative combination: Cothurnocystis bifida

Full reference: G. Ubaghs and R. A. Robison. 1988. Homalozoan echinoderms of the Wheeler Formation (Middle Cambrian) of western Utah. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Paper 120:1-17

Belongs to Archaeocothurnus according to C. D. Sumrall et al. 1997

See also Ubaghs and Robison 1988

Sister taxon: Archaeocothurnus goshutensis

Type specimen: USNM 41580 (whole animal). Its type locality is Carpoid Quarry, which is in a Marjumian deep subtidal ramp mudstone in the Wheeler Formation of Utah.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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