†family Stromatocystitidae Bassler 1936
Edrioasteroidea - Stromatocystitidae
Parent taxon: Edrioasteroidea according to P. A. Jell et al. 1985
See also Regnéll 1945 and Regnéll 1966
Sister taxa: Aragocystites, Camptostroma, Cyathocystida, Cyathothecidae, Edrioasterida, Edrioblastoida, Hemicystitidae, Isorophida, Isorophina, Isorophinidae, Kailidiscus, Pyrgocystidae, Stromatocystites, Stromatocystitida, Yorkicystitidae
Subtaxa: Cambraster Edriodiscus Stromatocyctites Walcottidiscus Xenocystites
Type: Stromatocystites
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia), France (2), Spain (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences