†Archaeopharetra (archaeocyath sponge)
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Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Synonyms: Dictyocoscinus Bedford and Bedford 1936, Hawkercyathus Gravestock 1984
Parent taxon: Archaeopharetridae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Gravestock 1984, Okulitch 1950, Sepkoski 2002 and Voronova et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Dictyosycon, Markocyathus, Protopharetra, Spirocyathella
Subtaxa: Archaeopharetra insculptus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (3), Canada (3: Northwest Territories), China (1), Italy (4), Mongolia (6), Morocco (4), the Russian Federation (12), Spain (2)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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