Macrocystella Callaway 1877

Rhombifera - Macrocystellidae

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

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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

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