Full reference: S. Conway Morris and R. A. Robison. 1988. More soft-bodied animals and algae from the Middle Cambrian of Utah and British Columbia. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 122:1-48
Parent taxon: Cnidaria according to S. Chang et al. 2018
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhang and Hua 2005
Sister taxa: Anthozoa, Cambroctoconus, Crassitubus, Erniettamorpha, Escumasia, Haootia, Hydroconozoa, Kimberia, Liaoningia, Medusae, Medusozoa, Melanofurcata, Melanosteus, Melanostylus, Myxozoa, Priscapennamarina, Pywackia, Quadratitubus, Ramellina, Ramitubus, Sinocyclocyclicus, Spatangopsis, Syringophyllum, Thaumoptilon, Vauzutsubua, Zolotytsia
Subtaxa: Cambrorhytium fragilis Cambrorhytium major
Type: Cambrorhytium major
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Delamaran of Canada (12: British Columbia collections)
• Cambrian of China (11), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: California, Utah)
Total: 27 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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