†Sigmofungia (archaeocyath sponge)
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Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Synonym: Palmericyathellus Debrenne 1970
Parent taxon: Archaeocyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Debrenne et al. 1989, Debrenne and Kruse 1986, Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araneocyathus, Archaeocyathus, Arrythmocricus, Pycnoidocyathus
Subtaxa: Sigmofungia diletata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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