Glyptosphaeritida - Protocrinitidae
Alternative combinations: Fungocystis rarissimus, Protocrinites rarissimus
Full reference: J. Barrande. 1887. Classes des Echinodermes, sec. 1, Ordre des Cystidées. Systême Silurien du centre de la Bohême. Part I: Recherches paléontologiques 7:1-1
Belongs to Fungocystites according to R. S. Bassler and M. W. Moodey 1943
See also Barrande 1887, Haeckel 1896 and Jaekel 1899
Sister taxon: Fungocystites solitarius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chrustenice, which is in a Vinice marine shale in the Vinice Formation of Czechia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Czechia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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