Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Synonym: Sichotecyathus Okuneva and Repina 1973
Parent taxon: Bronchocyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Okuneva and Repina 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Compositocyathus, Conannulofungia, Cyathocricus, Cyclocyathella, Denaecyathus, Gordonifungia, Morenicyathus, Pseudotennericyathellus, Sagacyathus, Stillicidocyathus, Svetlanocyathus, Taylorcyathus, Taylorfungia, Thalamocyathus, Trininaecyathus
Subtaxa: Gordonicyathus absolutus Gordonicyathus dorfi Gordonicyathus howelli Gordonicyathus levis Gordonicyathus orientalis Gordonicyathus pledgei Gordonicyathus systylus Gordonicyathus walteri Sichotecyathus merus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (6), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (17)
Total: 27 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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