Sphenothallus Hall 1847 (jellyfish)

Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae

Synonym: Campylites Eichwald 1856

Parent taxon: Ctenoconulariinae according to F. M. Bayer et al. 1956

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Zhu et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Climacoconus, Ctenoconularia, Glyptoconularia

Subtaxa: Campylites letullieri Sphenothallus angustifolius

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Type: Sphenothallus angustifolius

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Madagascar (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Czechia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Texas)

• Devonian of Germany (1), United States (3: Nevada, Ohio)

• Silurian of United States (1: Iowa)

• Ordovician of China (2), Czechia (1), France (1), South Korea (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Iowa, Kentucky)

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Brithish Columbia), China (5), United States (2: Nevada)

• Amgan of Czechia (1)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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