Ateleocystites Billings 1858

Stylophora - Mitrata

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

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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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