†family Copleicyathidae Bedford and Bedford 1937 (archaeocyath sponge)
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae
Parent taxon: Metacyathoidea according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Jugalicyathidae, Metacyathidae, Sigmofungiidae
Subtaxa: Agastrocyathus Copleicyathus Gabrielsocyathus Metacyathellus Spinosocyathus Spirillicyathella Spirillicyathus Tabulacyathellus
Type: Copleicyathus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (4 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (4), Italy (2), Mongolia (4), Morocco (12), the Russian Federation (10), United States (3: California, Nevada)
Total: 41 collections including 52 occurrences