Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Synonyms: Tersicyathus, Thalamocyathellus Osadchaya et al. 1979
Parent taxon: Bronchocyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Osadchaya et al. 1979 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Compositocyathus, Conannulofungia, Cyathocricus, Cyclocyathella, Denaecyathus, Gordonicyathus, Gordonifungia, Morenicyathus, Pseudotennericyathellus, Sagacyathus, Stillicidocyathus, Svetlanocyathus, Taylorfungia, Thalamocyathus, Trininaecyathus
Subtaxa: Taylorcyathus malleus Taylorcyathus viai
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (1 collection), China (2), Italy (5), the Russian Federation (26), Spain (6)
Total: 40 collections including 51 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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