Archaeocyatha (/ˈɑːrkioʊsaɪəθə/, 'ancient cups') is a taxon of extinct, sessile, reef-building marine sponges that lived in warm tropical and subtropical...
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Parazoa (section Porifera and Archaeocyatha)
walls and septa in Archaeocyatha. They have been considered separate phyla, however, the consensus is growing that Archaeocyatha was in fact a type of...
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cnidarians; algae; foraminiferans; a completely separate phylum of animals, Archaeocyatha; or even a completely separate kingdom of life, labeled Archaeata or...
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The original volume is out of print but is available here. Part E. Archaeocyatha & Porifera, xviii + 122 p., 89 fig., 1955. ISBN 0-8137-3005-8. The original...
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Agnotozoa Phylum Mesozoa Subkingdom Parazoa Phylum Porifera Phylum Archaeocyatha † Subkingdom Eumetazoa Branch Radiata Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Ctenophora...
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name for all Porifera that build reefs. In the early Cambrian period, Archaeocyatha sponges were the world's first reef-building organisms, and sponges...
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Volumes 4 & 5: Hypercalcified Porifera, Paleozoic Stromatoporoidea & Archaeocyatha, liii + 1223 p., 665 figs., 2015, available here. ISBN 978-0-9903621-2-8...
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times. During the Cambrian Period, the conical or tubular skeletons of Archaeocyatha, an extinct group of uncertain affinities (possibly sponges), built...
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Agmata Fragmented Agmates Calcareous conical shells 5 species, extinct Archaeocyatha Ancient cups Archaeocyathids An extinct taxon of sponge-grade, reef-building...
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