Gillocystis polypoda Jell 1983

Ophiocistioidea - Rhenosquamidae

Full reference: P. A. Jell. 1983. Early Devonian echinoderms from Victoria (Rhombifera, Blastoidea and Ophiocistoidea). Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 1:209-235

Belongs to Gillocystis according to P. A. Jell 1983

Sister taxon: Gillocystis runcinata

Type specimen: NMV P73472. Its type locality is NMVPL1841 echinoderms, central Victoria, which is in a Devonian marine sandstone in the Humevale Formation of Australia.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at NMVPL1841 echinoderms, central Victoria

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