Praepleurocystis ranaformis Guensburg 1984

Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae

Full reference: T. E. Guensburg. 1984. Echinodermata of the Middle Ordovician Lebanon Limestone, central Tennessee. Bulletins of American Paleontology 86(319):1-100

Belongs to Praepleurocystis according to T. E. Guensburg 1984

Sister taxon: Praepleurocystis watkinsi

Type specimen: UI X-5697. Its type locality is Pulaski Loc. Z-652. 15 meters. M. C. West Lime Company Quarry at Turney, which is in a Blackriveran deep subtidal shelf limestone/siltstone in the Lebanon Limestone Formation of Tennessee.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: Tennessee collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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