Ctenocystis colodon Ubaghs and Robison 1988

Ctenocystoidea - Ctenocystoida - Ctenocystidae

Full reference: G. Ubaghs and R. A. Robison. 1988. Homalozoan echinoderms of the Wheeler Formation (Middle Cambrian) of western Utah. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Paper 120:1-17

Belongs to Ctenocystis according to G. Ubaghs and R. A. Robison 1988

Sister taxa: Ctenocystis jagoi, Ctenocystis smithi, Ctenocystis utahensis

Type specimen: USNM 423874. Its type locality is North-facing slope, Drum Mountain, which is in a Marjumian deep subtidal ramp mudstone in the Wheeler Shale Formation of Utah.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at North-facing slope, Drum Mountain

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