Allocystites

Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaegocystis, Archegocystis, Barbieria, Bulbocystis, Codiacystis, Diplosphaeronis, Eucystis, Haplosphaeronis, Paleosphaeronites, Sphaeronites, Tetreucystis, Tholocystis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Holocystitid-Coronoid Assoc., Upper Osgood Shale (Silurian of Indiana)

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