Victoriacystis holmesorum Ruta and Jell 1999

Stylophora - Mitrata - Anomalocystitidae

= Victoriacystis aff. wilkinsi Gill & Caster 1960 p. 54 pl. 10 f. 1, 3 = Victoriacystis wilkinsi Ruta 1997 p. 85 f. 5A,C

Full reference: M. Ruta and P. A. Jell. 1999. Two new anomalocystitid mitrates from the Lower Devonian Humevale Formation of Central Victoria. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(1):399-422

Belongs to Victoriacystis according to R. L. Parsley and C. D. Sumrall 2007

See also Ruta and Jell 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMVP 100363. Its type locality is NMVPL252 echinoderms, central Victoria, which is in a Lochkovian marine siltstone in the Humevale Formation of Australia.

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), United States (1: Oklahoma)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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