Amygdalocystites Billings 1854

Paracrinoidea - Comarocystitida - Amygdalocystitidae

Synonym: Billingsocystis Bassler 1950

Parent taxon: Amygdalocystitidae according to R. L. Parsley 1981

See also Bassler 1950, Parsley and Mintz 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Oklahomacystis

Subtaxa: Amygdalocystites florealis Amygdalocystites radiatus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (9: Ontario, Quebec, Québec collections), United States (8: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma)

Total: 17 collections including 22 occurrences

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