Ethmophyllum cooperi Cooper et al. 1952 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper, A. R. V. Arelleno, J. H. Johnson, V. J. Okulitch, A. Stoyanow and C. Lochman. 1952. Cambrian Stratigraphy and Paleontology near Caborca, Northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(1):1-181

Belongs to Ethmophyllum according to G. A. Cooper et al. 1952

Sister taxa: Ethmophyllum americanum, Ethmophyllum chankensis, Ethmophyllum gracile, Ethmophyllum meeki, Ethmophyllum whitneyi

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. No.111814, a skeleton (Diameter).

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Mexico (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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