Archaeocothurnus goshutensis Sumrall et al. 1997

Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae

Full reference: C. D. Sumrall, J. Sprinkle, and T. E. Guensburg. 1997. Systematics and paleoecology of Late Cambrian echinoderms from the western United States. Journal of Paleontology 71(6):1091-1109

Belongs to Archaeocothurnus according to C. D. Sumrall et al. 1997

Sister taxon: Archaeocothurnus bifida

Type specimen: 1794TX1. Its type locality is Locality GC-1, Lincoln Peak Fm., White Pine County, Nevada - Sumrall et al 1997, which is in the Dresbachian of limestone the Lincoln Peak Formation Nevada.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality GC-1, Lincoln Peak Fm., White Pine County, Nevada - Sumrall et al 1997

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