Synonym: Bolboporites Pander 1830 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Eocrinoidea according to V. B. Kushlina 1995
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 2023
Sister taxa: Acanthocystites, Ascocystitida, Ascocystitidae, Balangicystis, Balantiocystis, Cardiocystites, Cigara, Cryptocrinitidae, Cymbionites, Gogiida, Haimacystis, Hexedriocystis, Imbricata, Lapillocystites, Lichenoididae, Lingulocystidae, Llanocystis, Luhocrinus, Marjumicystis, Palaeocystitidae, Paracryptocrinites, Peridionites, Pilocystites, Polyptychella, Rhipidocystidae, Ridersiidae, Trachelocrinida, Ubaghsicystis
Subtaxa: Bolboporites americanus Bolboporites uncinata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (10: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (8: New York)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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