Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae
Full reference: C. D. Sumrall and J. Sprinkle. 1999. Ponticulocarpus, a new cornute-grade stylophoran from the Middle Cambrian Spence Shale of Utah. Journal of Paleontology 73(5):886-891
Parent taxon: Cothurnocystidae according to C. D. Sumrall and J. Sprinkle 1999
Sister taxa: Acuticarpus, Archaeocothurnus, Cardiocystella, Chauvelicystinae, Cothurnocystinae, Nevadaecystis, Phyllocystinae, Scotiaecystinae, Trigonocarpus
Subtaxa: Ponticulocarpus robisoni
Type: Ponticulocarpus robisoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Utah collections)
• Amgan of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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