Platycystites cristatus Bassler 1943

Paracrinoidea - Platycystitida - Platycystitidae

Alternative combination: Globulocystites cristatus

Synonyms: Platycystites bromidensis Bassler 1943, Platycystites fimbriatus Bassler 1943

Belongs to Platycystites according to R. L. Parsley 1982

See also Frest et al. 1979 and Parsley and Mintz 1975

Sister taxa: Platycystites faberi, Platycystites levatus, Platycystites ovalis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bromide Formation, Mountain Lake Member (Lower Zone), Oklahoma (Ordovician of Oklahoma)

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