†family Gomphocystitidae Bassler 1938

Glyptosphaeritida - Gomphocystitidae

Parent taxon: Glyptosphaeritida according to S. L. Sheffield and C. D. Sumrall 2019

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

Sister taxa: Dactylocystidae, Eumorphocystidae, Glyptosphaeritidae, Protocrinitidae

Subtaxa: Celticystis Gomphocystites Pyrocystites

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (12: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin collections)

• Ordovician of Czechia (3)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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