Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1978. Porifera of the Middle Cambrian Wheeler Shale, from the Wheeler Amphitheater, House Range, in western Utah. Journal of Paleontology 52(6):1325-1345
Belongs to Chancelloria according to J. K. Rigby 1978
Sister taxa: Chancelloria arida, Chancelloria coronacea, Chancelloria eros, Chancelloria iranica, Chancelloria obliqua, Chancelloria odontodes, Chancelloria primaria, Chancelloria racemifundis, Chancelloria sardinica, Chancelloria simmetrica, Chancelloria spinulosa, Chancelloria symmetrica, Fangxianites petalinus, Fangxianites schizolomus, Actinoites universalis, Actinoites diclinatus, Actinoites simplex, Actinoites tetractina
Type specimen: Its type locality is Robert Harris Quarry, Wheeler Amphitheater, which is in a St Davids offshore shale in the Wheeler Shale Formation of Utah
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordian of Australia (1 collection)
• Cambrian of United States (2: Utah)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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