Stephanicyathus Voronova et al. 1987 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida

Full reference: L. G. Voronova, N. A. Drozdova, B. A. Zhegallo, A. Yu Zhuravlev, A. Yu Rozanov, T. A. Sayutina, and G. T. Ushatinskaya. 1987. Fossils from the Lower Cambrian of the MacKenzie Mountains (Canada). Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 224:1-88

Parent taxon: Ajacicyathida according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ajacicyathina, Archaeocyathellus, Botocyathus, Dokidocyathina, Erismacoscinina, Kidjasocyathus, Nevadacyathus, Procyathellus, Ptretiosocyathus, Somphocyathus, Tabulacyathus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stephanicyathus in the database

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