†Hemicystites Hall 1852
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Edrioasteroidea - Hemicystitidae
Parent taxon: Hemicystitidae according to G. Regnéll 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anglidiscus, Bassleridiscus, Carneyella, Cincinnatidiscus, Cystaster, Foerstediscus, Lebetodiscus, Lepidoconia, Timeischytes
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), United States (2: New York)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Arenig of Morocco (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), the Czech Republic (2), Morocco (1), United States (13: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio)
Total: 23 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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