Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Synonym: Dorycystites Kloucek 1917
Parent taxon: Sphaeronitoidea according to R. Prokop 1964
See also Chauvel 1966, Gutiérrez-Marco and Colmenar 2011 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allocystites, Archaegocystis, Archegocystis, Barbieria, Bulbocystis, Diplosphaeronis, Eucystis, Haplosphaeronis, Paleosphaeronites, Sphaeronites, Tetreucystis, Tholocystis
Subtaxa: Calix dorecki Calix lebescontei Calix purkynei Calix sedgwicki
Type: Calix sedgwicki
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (1), Morocco (1), Spain (10)
• Ordovician of Morocco (2), Spain (6)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
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