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
Parent taxon: Cothurnocystidae according to C. D. Sumrall et al. 1997
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaeocothurnus, Cardiocystella, Chauvelicystinae, Cothurnocystinae, Nevadaecystis, Phyllocystinae, Ponticulocarpus, Scotiaecystinae, Trigonocarpus
Subtaxa: Acuticarpus delticus Acuticarpus republicensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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