Natalijaecyathus Kotel'nikov 1995 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae

Full reference: D. V. Kotel'nikov. 1995. New archaeocyathids from the Lower Cambrian Vadi-Bala organogenic complex (Central Tuva). Paleontological Journal 29(2):22-33

Parent taxon: Densocyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

See also Kotel'nikov 1995

Sister taxa: Angustocyathus, Cadniacyathus, Dailycyathus, Deceptioncyathus, Densocyathus, Khirgisocyathus, Leptosocyathellus, Leptosocyathus, Rectannulus, Tennericyathus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tapsa River basin, Vadi-Bala creek, Section 226, Il'chir Formation, Band 3 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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