†family Dictyocyathidae Taylor 1910 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae

Parent taxon: Dictyocyathoidea according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Claruscoscinidae, Pycnoidocoscinidae

Subtaxa: Bottonaecyathus Cellicyathus Chouberticyathus Dictyocyathus Graphoscyphia Molybdocyathus Paracoscinus Retilamina

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Type: Dictyocyathus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (6), France (1), Germany (3), Italy (10), Mexico (4), Mongolia (4), Morocco (8), the Russian Federation (96), Spain (4), United States (4: Nevada)

Total: 145 collections including 191 occurrences

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