Subtumulocyathellus Osadchaya et al. 1979 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Tumulifungiidae

Synonym: Arturocyathus Debrenne et al. 1990

Full reference: D. V. Osadchaya, L. N. Kashina, I. T. Zhuravleva and N. P. Borodina. 1979. Stratigrafiya i arkheotsiaty nizhnego kembriya Altaye-Sayanskoy skladchatoy oblasti [Lower Cambrian stratigraphy and archaeocyatha of the Altay-Sayan fold belt]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 380:1-215

Parent taxon: Tumulifungiidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

See also Osadchaya et al. 1979 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Sclerocyathus, Tologoicyathus, Tumulifungia

Subtaxa: Subtumulocyathellus vulgaris

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Type: Subtumulocyathellus vulgaris

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (11 collections)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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