†family Carinacyathidae Krasnopeeva 1953 (archaeocyath sponge)
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Carinacyathidae
Parent taxon: Ethmophylloidea according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Ethmophyllidae, Fallocyathidae, Gloriosocyathidae, Kijacyathidae
Subtaxa: Carinacyathus Hupecyathellus Porocyathellus Vologdinocyathellus
Type: Carinacyathus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (31), Spain (1)
Total: 38 collections including 53 occurrences