Terraecyathus Zhuravleva 1974 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae

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

See also Zhuravleva et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Afiacyathus, Baikalocyathus, Carpicyathus, Degeletticyathus, Ethmocyathus, Frinalicyathus, Gnaltacyathus, Hyptocyathus, Inessocyathellus, Inessocyathus, Mackenziecyathus, Rasetticyathus, Ussuricyathellus, Zonacyathellus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kuznetsk Alatau, Kiya River section - Unit VIII, Subunits 1-3 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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