Palaelophacmaea valentinei Waggoner and Collins 1995

Hydrozoa - Hydroida - Chondroplidae

Full reference: B. M. Waggoner and A. G. Collins. 1995. A new chondrophorine (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Cadiz Formation (Middle Cambrian) of California. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 69(1-2):77-17

Belongs to Palaelophacmaea according to B. M. Waggoner and A. G. Collins 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 398622. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 11406, southern Marble Mountains, which is in a Delamaran open shallow subtidal quartzite/siltstone in the Cadiz Formation of California.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 11406, southern Marble Mountains

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