Jugalicyathus Gravestock 1984 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Jugalicyathidae

Full reference: D. I. Gravestock. 1984. Archaeocyatha from lower parts of the Lower Cambrian carbonate sequence in South Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 2:1-139

Parent taxon: Jugalicyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Alaskacoscinus

Subtaxa: Jugalicyathus tardus

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Type: Jugalicyathus tardus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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