†Mespilocystites Barrande 1877 (blastoid)
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Blastoidea - Coronata - Stephanocrinidae
Parent taxon: Stephanocrinidae according to P. D. McDermott and C. R. Paul 2015
See also Brett et al. 1983, Gutiérrez-Marco et al. 1996, Sepkoski 2002 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Cupulocorona, Stephanoblastus, Stephanocrinus
Subtaxa: Mespilocystites lemenni Mespilocystites tregarvanicus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Spain (1 collection)
• Letna of Czechia (1)
• Ordovician of Czechia (8), Italy (3), Portugal (2), Spain (6)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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