Apycnodiscus Smith and Paul 1982

Cyclocystoidea - Cyclocystoididae

Full reference: A. B. Smith and C.R.C. Paul. 1982. Revision of the Class Cyclocystoidea (Echinodermata). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 296:577-679

Parent taxon: Cyclocystoididae according to A. B. Smith and C.R.C. Paul 1982

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinodiscus, Cyclocystoides, Diastocycloides, Monocycloides, Narrawayella, Nicholsodiscus, Perforocycloides, Polytryphocycloides, Sievertsia, Zygocycloides

Subtaxa: Apycnodiscus decussatum Apycnodiscus insularis Apycnodiscus salteri

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Type: Apycnodiscus decussatum

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal

Distribution:

• Silurian of Sweden (1 collection)

• Ordovician of United States (5: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Minnesota)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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