Erismacoscinus Debrenne 1958 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae

Synonym: Churanocyathus

Parent taxon: Asterocyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antoniocoscinus, Asterocyathus, Ichnusocyathus, Retecoscinus, Rozanovicoscinus

Subtaxa: Erismacoscinus bornemanni Erismacoscinus uniporus

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), France (1), Germany (4), Italy (8), Morocco (19), the Russian Federation (30), Spain (6)

Total: 74 collections including 111 occurrences

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