Vologdinocyathus infinitus Osadchaya et al. 1979 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Vologdinocyathidae

Alternative combination: Larecyathus infinitus

Full reference: D. V. Osadchaya, L. N. Kashina, I. T. Zhuravleva and N. P. Borodina. 1979. Stratigrafiya i arkheotsiaty nizhnego kembriya Altaye-Sayanskoy skladchatoy oblasti [Lower Cambrian stratigraphy and archaeocyatha of the Altay-Sayan fold belt]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 380:1-215

Belongs to Vologdinocyathus according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

See also Osadchaya et al. 1979

Sister taxon: Tegerocyathella expansiva

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Uyar River, Bellykskoye Mountains, unit 3b (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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