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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.