Kruseicyathus Zhuravleva et al. 1997 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Jakutocarinidae

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). Part 2. Annales de Paléontologie 83(2):115-200

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

See also Zhuravleva et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Jakutocarinus, Kosticyathus, Rossocyathella, Russocyathus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kuznetsk Alatau, Kiya River section - Unit XIII, Subunits 1-10 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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