Synonym: Pleurocystites robustus Billings 1854
Full reference: E. Billings. 1874. Paleozoic Fossils, v. II, pt. I. Canada Geological Survey 1-144
Belongs to Pleurocystites according to A. E. Wilson 1946
See also Billings 1874 and Parsley 1970
Sister taxa: Pleurocystites anglicus, Pleurocystites anticostiensis, Pleurocystites beckeri, Pleurocystites distans, Pleurocystites filitextus, Pleurocystites laevis, Pleurocystites mitratus, Pleurocystites strimplei
Type specimens:
- Pleurocystites squamosus: GSC 1381a,b,c
- Pleurocystites robustus: G.S.C.1384.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (10: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (11: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Oklahoma)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences
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