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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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