†superfamily Loculicyathoidea Zhuravleva 1954 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida

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

See also Zhuravlev and Gravestock 1994

Sister taxa: Chankacyathoidea, Sakhacyathoidea

Subtaxa: Eremitacyathidae Loculicyathidae

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Type: Loculicyathus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (6), Canada (2: British Columbia, Yukon), China (3), Italy (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (4), Mongolia (8), Morocco (19), the Russian Federation (130), Spain (3), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 179 collections including 400 occurrences

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