†family Minervaecystidae Ubaghs and Caster 1967

Soluta - Syringocrinida - Minervaecystidae

Parent taxon: Syringocrinida according to C. Dupichaud et al. 2023

See also Lefebvre and Lerosey-Aubril 2018 and Noailles et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Castericystis, Drepanocystis, Iowacystidae, Plasiacystidae, Syringocrinus

Subtaxa: Minervaecystis Nimchacystis Pahvanticystis Plasiacystis

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Type: Minervaecystis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Czechia (5 collections), France (2), Morocco (8), Spain (1)

• Cambrian of United States (3: Nevada, Utah)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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