Edrioasteroidea - Pyrgocystidae
Full reference: R. Prokop. 1965. Argodiscus hornyi gen. n. et sp. n. (Edrioasteroidea) from the Middle Ordovician of Bohemia and a contribution to the ecology of the edrioasteroids. Časopis Národního Muzea, Oddíl Přírodovědný 134:30-32
Parent taxon: Pyrgocystidae according to C. D. Sumrall and S. Zamora 2011
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaepyrgus, Belochthus, Epipaston, Fanulodiscus, Moroccopyrgus, Pyrgocystis, Streptaster
Subtaxa: Argodiscus espilezorum Argodiscus hornyi
Type: Argodiscus hornyi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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