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, Actinoites universalis, Actinoites tetractina, Actinoites simplex, Actinoites diclinatus, Fangxianites petalinus, Fangxianites schizolomus
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:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Utah collections)
• Ordian of Australia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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