Ponticulocarpus Sumrall and Sprinkle 1999

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

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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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