Schizocystis Jaekel 1895

Rhombifera - Echinoencrinitidae

Parent taxon: Echinoencrinitidae according to C. R. C. Paul and S. V. Rozhnov 2016

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Echinoencrinites, Erinocystis, Eutretocystis, Fusicystis, Glansicystis, Glaphyrocystis, Gonocrinites, Osculocystis, Proctocystis, Scoliocystinae, Scoliocystis, Tyrridiocystis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Wenlock Shales, Welsh Borderland (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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