Promitrocystites Lefebvre 2000

Stylophora - Mitrata

Full reference: B. Lefebvre. 2000. A new mitrate (Echinodermata, Stylophora) from the Tremadoc of Shropshire (England) and the origin of the Mitrocystitida. Journal of Paleontology 74(5):890-906

Parent taxon: Mitrocystitida according to B. Lefebvre 2000

Sister taxa: Aspidocarpus, Ateleocystites, Barrandeocarpus, Chinianocarpos, Eumitrocystella, Mitrocystella, Mitrocystites, Mitrocystitidae, Ovocarpus, Paranacystidae

Subtaxa: Promitrocystites barrandei

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Type: Mitrocystella barrandei

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sarka Fm, Prague Basin, Czech Republic (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

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