Sphaeronitida - Holocystitidae

Full reference: T. J. Frest, H. L. Strimple, and C. R. C. Paul. 2011. The North American Holocystites Fauna (Echinodermata: Blastozoa: Diploporita): Paleobiology and Systematics. Bulletins of American Paleontology 380:1-142

Parent taxon: Holocystitidae according to S. Sheffield and C. Sumrall 2017

See also Frest et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Holocystites, Pentacystis, Pustulocystis, Trematocystinae, Trematocystis

Subtaxa: Paulicystis densus Paulicystis sparsus

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Type: Paulicystis densus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Holocystitid-Coronoid Assoc., Upper Osgood Shale (Silurian of Indiana)

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