Synonyms: Cystidea Barrande 1887, Mimocystites Barrande 1867
Full reference: C. Callaway. 1877. On a new area of Upper Cambrian rocks in south Shropshire, with a description of a new fauna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 33(1-4):652-672
Parent taxon: Macrocystellidae according to S. Zamora et al. 2009
See also Mergl and Prokop 2006, Paul 1968, Sepkoski 2002 and Sprinkle 1973
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Macrocystella azaisi Macrocystella bavarica Macrocystella bohemicus Macrocystella durandi Macrocystella greylingi Macrocystella mariae Macrocystella pauli Macrocystella tasseftensis
Type: Macrocystella mariae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (4 collections), Bolivia (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Greenland (1), Morocco (10), Norway (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3)
• Arenig of Morocco (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (1)
Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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