Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Parent taxon: Coscinocyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Flossocyathus
Subtaxa: Coscinocyathus billingsi Coscinocyathus codonoformis Coscinocyathus fritzi Coscinocyathus hoxudensis Coscinocyathus kuruktagensis Coscinocyathus mohershanensis Coscinocyathus multiporus Coscinocyathus tarimensis Coscinocyathus uratannensis Coscinocyathus vestitus Coscinocyathus xinjiangensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (6: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (4), Germany (2), Italy (16), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (3), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (76), Spain (4), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 122 collections including 175 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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