†Dictyocyathus (archaeocyath sponge)
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Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Synonym: Prismocyathus
Parent taxon: Dictyocyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Osadchaya et al. 1979 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bottonaecyathus, Cellicyathus, Chouberticyathus, Graphoscyphia, Molybdocyathus, Paracoscinus, Retilamina
Subtaxa: Dictyocyathus minorsignis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections), China (5), France (1), Germany (3), Italy (9), Mexico (4), Mongolia (3), Morocco (6), the Russian Federation (93), Spain (3)
Total: 129 collections including 162 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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