Nochoroicyathus diadromus Osadchaya et al. 1979 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae

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

Belongs to Nochoroicyathus according to D. V. Osadchaya et al. 1979

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Srednyaya Mountain, Batenevskiy Ridge, section I, units 1-3, which is in an Atdabanian perireef or subreef limestone in the Usa Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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