Aculifera - Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
Synonyms: Palaeosulcachites Qian 1977, Trapezochites Qian and Yiang 1982
Full reference: Y. Qian. 1977. Hyolitha and some problematica from the Lower Cambrian Meishucun Stage in Central and SW China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 16(2):255-278
Parent taxon: Siphogonuchitidae according to A. Kouchinsky et al. 2017
See also Conway Morris and Caron 2007, Li et al. 2007, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Calvapilosa, Dabashanites, Drepanochites, Lomasulcachites, Lopochites, Quadrosiphogonuchites, Tianzhushania
Subtaxa: Sachitelus intercostatus Siphogonuchites bisulcatus Siphogonuchites equilateralis Siphogonuchites intermedius Siphogonuchites pusilliformis Siphogonuchites subremualis Siphogonuchites triangularis Trapezochites chordoides
Type: Siphogonuchites triangularis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (71 collections), France (2), Iran (4), Jordan (1), the Russian Federation (12)
Total: 90 collections including 110 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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