†superfamily Ethmophylloidea Okulitch 1937 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida

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

See also Kerner et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Annulocyathoidea, Bronchocyathoidea, Erbocyathoidea, Lenocyathoidea, Pretiosocyathoidea, Sigmocyathoidea, Tercyathoidea, Tumulocyathoidea

Subtaxa: Carinacyathidae Ethmophyllidae Fallocyathidae Gloriosocyathidae Kijacyathidae

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Canada (21: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Italy (3), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (7), Mongolia (3), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (47), Spain (4), United States (9: California, Nevada, New Jersey, Virginia)

Total: 100 collections including 170 occurrences

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