Thaumoptilon

Alternative spelling: Thaumaptilon

Full reference: S. Conway Morris. 1993. Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America. Palaeontology 36(3):593-635

Parent taxon: Cnidaria according to T. A. Dececchi et al. 2017

See also Bambach et al. 2007, Conway Morris 1993 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Annulatubus, Anthozoa, Cambroctoconus, Cambrorhytium, Cloudinidae, Crassitubus, Erniettamorpha, Escumasia, Haootia, Hydroconozoa, Inaria, Liaoningia, Mackenziidae, Mawsonites, Medusae, Medusozoa, Melanofurcata, Melanosteus, Melanostylus, Myxozoa, Priscapennamarina, Pywackia, Quadratitubus, Ramellina, Ramitubus, Sekwitubulus, Sinocyclocyclicus, Spatangopsis, Syringophyllum, Vauzutsubua, Zolotytsia

Subtaxa: Thaumaptilon walcotti

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Type: Thaumaptilon walcotti

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Walcott Quarry, Fossil Ridge, Greater Phyllopod Bed (Cambrian of British Columbia)

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