Full reference: E. Landing, A. English, and J. D. Keppie. 2010. Cambrian origin of all skeletalized metazoan phyla—Discovery of Earth’s oldest bryozoans (Upper Cambrian, southern Mexico). Geology 38(6):547-550
Parent taxon: Cnidaria according to S.J. Hageman and O. Vinn 2023
See also Landing et al. 2015, Landing et al. 2010 and Taylor et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Agmata, Annulatubus, Anthozoa, Cambroctoconus, Cambrorhytium, Cloudinidae, Crassitubus, Erniettamorpha, Escumasia, Haootia, Hydroconozoa, Inaria, Liaoningia, Mackenziidae, Mawsonites, Medusae, Medusozoa, Melanofurcata, Melanosteus, Melanostylus, Myxozoa, Priscapennamarina, Protoconites, Quadratitubus, Ramellina, Ramitubus, Sekwitubulus, Sinocyclocyclicus, Spatangopsis, Syringophyllum, Thaumoptilon, Vauzutsubua, Zolotytsia
Subtaxa: Pywackia baileyi
Distribution: found only at Tinu (Cambrian of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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