Lenastella umbonata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981 (sponge)

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae

Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-96

Belongs to Lenastella according to V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov 1981

Sister taxa: Eiffelia araniformis, Eiffelia globosa, Eiffelia hispanica, Lenastella aculeata, Lenastella mucronata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Beshtash, Talas Alatau, bed 4, which is in an Atdabanian marine dolomite in the Beshtash Formation of Kyrgyzstan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Kyrgyzstan (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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