Leptosocyathellus Osadchaya et al. 1979 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae

Full reference: D. V. Osadchaya, L. N. Kashina, I. T. Zhuravleva and N. P. Borodina. 1979. Stratigrafiya i arkheotsiaty nizhnego kembriya Altaye-Sayanskoy skladchatoy oblasti [Lower Cambrian stratigraphy and archaeocyatha of the Altay-Sayan fold belt]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 380:1-215

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Angustocyathus, Cadniacyathus, Dailycyathus, Deceptioncyathus, Densocyathus, Khirgisocyathus, Leptosocyathus, Natalijaecyathus, Rectannulus, Tennericyathus

Subtaxa: Leptosocyathellus mirandus

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Type: Leptosocyathellus mirandus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Spain (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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