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 B. Lefebvre and D. Vizcaino 1999
See also Sumrall et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Acuticarpus, Cardiocystella, Chauvelicystinae, Cothurnocystinae, Nevadaecystis, Phyllocystinae, Ponticulocarpus, Scotiaecystinae, Trigonocarpus
Subtaxa: Archaeocothurnus bifida Archaeocothurnus goshutensis
Type: Cothurnocystis bifida
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (3: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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