Ctenocystis Robison and Sprinkle 1969

Ctenocystoidea - Ctenocystoida - Ctenocystidae

Full reference: R. A. Robison and J. Sprinkle. 1969. Ctenocystoidea: new class of primitive echinoderms. Science 166:1512-1514

Parent taxon: Ctenocystidae according to I. A. Rahman and S. Clausen 2009

See also Jell et al. 1985, Robison and Sprinkle 1969, Sepkoski 2002 and Sprinkle and Robison 1978

Sister taxon: Pembrocystis

Subtaxa: Ctenocystis colodon Ctenocystis jagoi Ctenocystis smithi Ctenocystis utahensis

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Type: Ctenocystis utahensis

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (1 collection), Czechia (2), France (2), United States (5: Utah)

• Amgan of Czechia (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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