Edrioasteroidea - Hemicystitidae

Full reference: D. W. Fisher. 1951. A New Edrioasteroid from the Middle Ordovician of New York. Journal of Paleontology 25(5):691-693

Parent taxon: Hemicystitidae according to G. Regnéll 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anglidiscus, Carneyella, Cincinnatidiscus, Cystaster, Foerstediscus, Hemicystites, Lebetodiscus, Lepidoconia, Timeischytes

Subtaxa: Bassleridiscus mohawkensis

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Type: Bassleridiscus mohawkensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Manny Corners Quarry (Ordovician of New York)

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