Full reference: C. R. C. Paul. 1972. Cheirocystella antiqua gen. et. sp. nov. from the Lower Ordovician of western Utah and its bearing on the evolution of the Cheirocrinidae (Rhombifera: Glyptocystitida). Brigham Young University Geology Studies 19:15-63
Parent taxon: Cheirocrinidae according to C. R. C. Paul and S. V. Rozhnov 2016
See also Paul 1972 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthalepis, Cheirocrinus, Cheirocystis, Coronocystis, Hadrocystis, Homocystites, Leptocystis, Sprinkleocystis
Subtaxa: Cheirocystella antiqua Cheirocystella languedociunus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of France (1 collection), Greenland (1), Thailand (1), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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