Actinoites universalis Duan 1984

Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae

Full reference: C. Duan. 1984. Small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian Xihaoping Formation the Shennongjia district, Hubei Province - hyoliths and fossil skeletons of unknown affinities. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 7:141-188

Belongs to Actinoites according to C. Duan 1984

Sister taxa: Chancelloria arida, Chancelloria coronacea, Chancelloria eros, Chancelloria iranica, Chancelloria obliqua, Chancelloria odontodes, Chancelloria pentacta, Chancelloria primaria, Chancelloria racemifundis, Chancelloria sardinica, Chancelloria simmetrica, Chancelloria spinulosa, Chancelloria symmetrica, Actinoites simplex, Actinoites diclinatus, Actinoites tetractina, Fangxianites schizolomus, Fangxianites petalinus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lingbao (Cambrian of China)

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