Nochoroicyathus salutensis Perejon et al. 1994 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae

Full reference: A. Perejon, E. Moreno-Eiris, and A. Abad. 1994. Monticulos de arqueociatos y calcimicrobios del Cambrico inferior de Terrades, Gerona (Pirineo oriental, Espana) [Lower Cambrian archaeocyatha and calcimicrobe mounds in Terrades, Gerona (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion geologica 89:55-95

Belongs to Nochoroicyathus according to A. Perejon et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Nochoroicyathus diadromus, Nochoroicyathus fragilis, Nochoroicyathus hollardi, Nochoroicyathus howelli, Nochoroicyathus oblongus, Nochoroicyathus sunnaginicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Terrades FI3, calcimicrobial-archaeocyath mounds, which is in an Atdabanian/Botomian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Évol Formation of Spain

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Terrades FI3, calcimicrobial-archaeocyath mounds

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