†family Phyllocystidae Derstler 1979

Stylophora - Cornuta - Phyllocystidae

Parent taxon: Cornuta according to A. B. Smith and P. A. Jell 1999

Sister taxa: Amygdalotheca, Amygdalothecida, Arauricystis, Babinocystis, Ceratocystidae, Chauvelia, Cothurnocystida, Galliaecystis, Procothurnocystis, Protocystites

Subtaxa: Drepanocarpos Phyllocystis

view classification

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of France (1 collection)

• Taoyuanian of China (1)

• Cambrian of Australia (1), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details