†Tumulocyathus (archaeocyath sponge)
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Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
Synonyms: Kotuyicyathus Zhuravleva 1960, Tumulocyathoides Zhuravleva et al. 1997
Parent taxon: Tumulocyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Bondarev and Minayeva 1988, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhuravleva et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Isiticyathus, Kotuyicyathellus, Plicocyathus
Subtaxa: Tumulocyathus raroseptatus Tumulocyathus subpustulatus Tumulocyathus transitus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections), Italy (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (51), Spain (1)
Total: 57 collections including 79 occurrences
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