Pycnoidocyathus Taylor 1910 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae

Synonym: Archaeofungia Taylor 1910

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

See also Okulitch 1950, Okuneva and Repina 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Araneocyathus, Archaeocyathus, Arrythmocricus, Sigmofungia

Subtaxa: Pycnoidocyathus (Cambrocyathus) Pycnoidocyathus amourensis Pycnoidocyathus amplus Pycnoidocyathus ceratodictyoides Pycnoidocyathus cribrus Pycnoidocyathus strictus Pycnoidocyathus synapticulosus

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Type: Pycnoidocyathus synapticulosus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (3 collections), Australia (9), Canada (8: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (15), Spain (2), United States (3: California)

Total: 43 collections including 55 occurrences

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