†family Monocyathidae Bedford and Bedford 1934 (archaeocyath sponge)
Archaeocyatha - Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Parent taxon: Monocyathida according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Kerner et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Arimasia, Favilynthidae, Globosocyathidae, Palaeoconulariidae, Sajanolynthidae, Tumuliolynthidae
Subtaxa: Archaeolynthus Kyarocyathus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (1), Mongolia (9), the Russian Federation (123), Spain (1)
Total: 135 collections including 225 occurrences