Ethmophyllum chankensis Okuneva and Repina 1973 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae

Full reference: O. G. Okuneva and L. N. Repina. 1973. Biostratigrafiya i fauna kembriya Primorya [Cambrian biostratigraphy and fauna of Primorye]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdelenye 37:5-284

Belongs to Ethmophyllum according to O. G. Okuneva and L. N. Repina 1973

Sister taxa: Ethmophyllum americanum, Ethmophyllum cooperi, Ethmophyllum gracile, Ethmophyllum meeki, Ethmophyllum whitneyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Knorring, Khanka Massif, which is in a Lenian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Dmitriyevskaya Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Knorring, Khanka Massif

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