Sinclairocystis Bassler 1950

Paracrinoidea - Comarocystitida - Comarocystitidae

Full reference: R. S. Bassler. 1950. New genera of American Middle Ordovician "Cystoidea". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40(9):273-277

Parent taxon: Comarocystitidae according to R. L. Parsley and L. W. Mintz 1975

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Comarocystites, Implicaticystis

Subtaxa: Sinclairocystis praedicta

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Type: Sinclairocystis praedicta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (6: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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