Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Full reference: D. I. Gravestock. 1984. Archaeocyatha from lower parts of the Lower Cambrian carbonate sequence in South Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 2:1-139
Belongs to Gordonicyathus according to D. I. Gravestock 1984
Sister taxa: Gordonicyathus absolutus, Gordonicyathus dorfi, Gordonicyathus howelli, Gordonicyathus orientalis, Gordonicyathus pledgei, Gordonicyathus systylus, Gordonicyathus walteri, Sichotecyathus merus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Scott Range, Tor Herm (section N), Epiphyton-archaeocyath bioherms, which is in an Atdabanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Ajax Limestone Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mount Scott Range, Tor Herm (section N), Epiphyton-archaeocyath bioherms
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