Edriodiscus primotica Henderson and Shergold 1971

Edrioasteroidea - Stromatocystitidae

Alternative combination: Cyclocystoides primotica

Full reference: R. A. Henderson and J. H. Shergold. 1971. Cyclocystoides from early Middle Cambrian rocks of northwestern Queensland, Australia. Palaeontology 14(4):704-710

Belongs to Edriodiscus according to P. A. Jell et al. 1985

See also Henderson and Shergold 1971

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPC 11395 (external mould of aboral surface). Its type locality is QP 243, near Cornford Bore, which is in an Ordian coastal chert in the Beetle Creek Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at QP 243, near Cornford Bore

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