Aristocystites metroi Parsley 1990

Sphaeronitida - Aristocystitidae

Full reference: R. L. Parsley. 1990. Aristocystites, a Recumbent Diploporid (Echinodermata) from the Middle and Late Ordovician of Bohemia, ČSSR. Journal of Paleontology 64(2):278-293

Belongs to Aristocystites according to R. L. Parsley 1990

Sister taxa: Aristocystites bohemicus, Aristocystites docens, Aristocystites tecta

Type specimen: L22085. Its type locality is Metro tunnel under Stvanice Island in Vltava River, Prague, which is in a Berounian offshore shelf shale in the Zahorany Formation of the Czech Republic.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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