†family Archaeoscyphidae Rauff 1894 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Tetractinellida - Archaeoscyphidae
Parent taxon: Tetractinellida according to R. S. Bassler 1927
Sister taxa: Astrophorida, Tethyopsis
Subtaxa: Hesperocoelia Nevadocoelia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (3: California collections)
• Ordovician of United States (6: Nevada)
Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences