Archaeocyathus chikinevae Osadchaya et al. 1979 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae

Alternative combination: Vadimocyathus chikinevae

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 Archaeocyathus according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

See also Osadchaya et al. 1979

Sister taxa: Archaeocyathus (Spirocyathus), Archaeocyathus abacus, Archaeocyathus arborensis, Archaeocyathus atlanticus, Archaeocyathus dwighti, Flindersicyathus mcdamensis, Flindersicyathus aenigmatus, Sanxiacyathus sinuatus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Western Torgashino Ridge, unit 3 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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