Full reference: M. F. Glaessner and M. Wade. 1966. The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology 9(4):599-628
Parent taxon: Cnidaria according to A. van Loon 2008
See also Mayoral et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Annulatubus, Anthozoa, Cambroctoconus, Cambrorhytium, Cloudinidae, Crassitubus, Erniettamorpha, Escumasia, Haootia, Hydroconozoa, Inaria, Liaoningia, Mackenziidae, Medusae, Medusozoa, Melanofurcata, Melanosteus, Melanostylus, Myxozoa, Priscapennamarina, Pywackia, Quadratitubus, Ramellina, Ramitubus, Sekwitubulus, Sinocyclocyclicus, Spatangopsis, Syringophyllum, Thaumoptilon, Vauzutsubua, Zolotytsia
Subtaxa: Mawsonites randellensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal osmotroph
Distribution:
• Ediacaran of Australia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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