Synonym: Glyptocystis Angelin 1878
Parent taxon: Glyptocystitidae according to C. R. C. Paul 1972
See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Glyptocystella, Hesperocystis, Quadrocystis, Strabocystis
Subtaxa: Glyptocystis forbesi Glyptocystites batheri Glyptocystites grandis Glyptocystites groenlandicus Glyptocystites multipora Glyptocystites regnelli
Type: Glyptocystites multipora
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (1: New York)
• Whiterockian of United States (4: California)
• Ordovician of Canada (10: Ontario, Quebec, Québec), Greenland (1), United States (10: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma)
Total: 27 collections including 31 occurrences
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