Amecystis nanus 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 Amecystis according to T. E. Guensburg 1984

Sister taxa: Amecystis laevis, Amecystis raymondi, Amecystis woodi

Type specimen: UI X-5871

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pulaski Loc. Z-652. 15 meters. M. C. West Lime Company Quarry at Turney (Ordovician of Tennessee)

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