Loculicyathopsis Zhuravleva et al. 1997 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Pretiosocyathidae

Full reference: I. T. Zhuravleva, I. A. Konyaeva, D. V. Osadchaya and A. S. Boyarinov. 1997. Biostratigraphy of the Kiya River section. - Early Cambrian Archaeocyaths and spicular sponges from the Kiya River section (Kuznetsk Alatau). Annales de Paléontologie 83(1):3-92

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

See also Zhuravleva et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Jangudacyathus, Pretiosocyathus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kuznetsk Alatau, Kiya River section - Unit X, Subunits 7-15 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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