Glyptocystites groenlandicus Paul 1976

Rhombifera - Glyptocystitidae

Full reference: C. R. C. Paul. 1976. Ordovician echinoderms from Greenland. Geological Magazine 113(1):29-38

Belongs to Glyptocystites according to C. R. C. Paul 1976

Sister taxa: Glyptocystites batheri, Glyptocystites grandis, Glyptocystites multipora, Glyptocystites regnelli, Glyptocystis forbesi

Type specimen: MMH 2972. Its type locality is Kap Calhoun, which is in a Cautleyan offshore ramp limestone in the Cape Calhoun Formation of Greenland.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kap Calhoun

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