†family Coscinocyathidae Taylor 1910 (archaeocyath sponge)
Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Parent taxon: Coscinocyathoidea according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Coscinocyathellidae, Mawsonicoscinidae
Subtaxa: Coscinocyathus Flossocyathus
Type: Coscinocyathus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (6: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (4), Germany (2), Italy (16), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (3), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (76), Spain (4), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 122 collections including 175 occurrences