†Ateleocystites Billings 1858
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Parent taxon: Mitrocystitida according to B. Lefebvre 2000
See also Beaver et al. 1967, Parsley 1991, Regnéll 1945 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aspidocarpus, Barrandeocarpus, Chinianocarpos, Eumitrocystella, Mitrocystella, Mitrocystites, Mitrocystitidae, Ovocarpus, Paranacystidae, Promitrocystites
Subtaxa: Ateleocystites huxleyi Ateleocystites lansae
Type: Anomalocystites huxleyi
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (4), United States (6: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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