†Wellerocystis Foerste 1920
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Paracrinoidea - Platycystitida - Malocystitidae
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1920. Racine and Cedarville cystids and blastoids with notes on other echinoderms. Ohio Journal of Science 21:1-78
Parent taxon: Malocystitidae according to R. L. Parsley and L. W. Mintz 1975
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Malocystites
Subtaxa: Wellerocystis kimmswickensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Missouri collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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