†superfamily Caryocystitida Jaekel 1918

Rhombifera

Parent taxon: Rhombifera according to J. F. Bockelie 1982

See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Mergl and Prokop 2006

Sister taxa: Acantholepis, Caryocystitidacea, Dibrachicystidae, Dichoporita, Glyptocystitida, Glyptocystitidacea, Glyptocystitoida, Hillocystida, Pirocystella, Pleurocystitida, Polycosmitida, Thomacystis

Subtaxa: Caryocystitidae Ulrichocystidae

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Type: Caryocystitidae

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Algeria (1 collection), Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (1), Iran (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), Morocco (3), Norway (3), Portugal (2), Spain (7), Sweden (41), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 74 collections including 104 occurrences

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