Rhipidocystis Jaekel 1901

Eocrinoidea - Rhipidocystidae

Parent taxon: Rhipidocystidae according to H. H. Beaver et al. 1967

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Batherocystis, Durhamicystis, Mandalacystis, Petalocystites

Subtaxa: Rhipidocystis gigas

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Type: Rhipidocystis gigas

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Izvoz Quarry, Volkhov area (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

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