Argodiscus espilezorum Sumrall and Zamora 2011

Edrioasteroidea - Pyrgocystidae

Full reference: C. D. Sumrall and S. Zamora. 2011. Ordovician edrioasteroids from Morocco: faunal exchanges across the Rheic Ocean. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(3):425-454

Belongs to Argodiscus according to C. D. Sumrall and S. Zamora 2011

Sister taxon: Argodiscus hornyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bou Chrebeb echinoderms, Zagora Lc1 (near but not F25a,b,d), which is in a Floian coastal siltstone in the Upper Fezouata Formation of Morocco

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Morocco (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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