Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Alternative combinations: Archaeocyathus minganensis, Ethmophyllum minganensis, Petraia minganensis
Belongs to Archaeoscyphia according to B. Liu et al. 2003
See also Beresi and Rigby 1993 and Rigby and Desrochers 1995
Sister taxa: Archaeoscyphia alternata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia attenuata, Archaeoscyphia bassleri, Archaeoscyphia boltoni, Archaeoscyphia eganensis, Archaeoscyphia gislei, Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis, Archaeoscyphia nana, Archaeoscyphia pannosa, Archaeoscyphia pulchra, Archaeoscyphia rectilinearis, Archaeoscyphia rossi, Archaeoscyphia scalaria, Archaeoscyphia tenuis, Archaeoscyphia undulata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (3: Nunavut collections)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Australia (1), China (5), Norway (1)
• Arenigian of Argentina (1)
• Cassinian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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