Perforocycloides Ewin et al. 2019

Cyclocystoidea - Cyclocystoididae

Full reference: T. A. M. Ewin, M. Reich, M. R. Graham and M. E. Cournoyer. 2019. Perforocycloides nathalieae new genus and species, an unusual Silurian cyclocystoid (Echinodermata) from Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada . Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 93:625-635

Parent taxon: Cyclocystoididae according to T. A. M. Ewin et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Actinodiscus, Apycnodiscus, Cyclocystoides, Diastocycloides, Monocycloides, Narrawayella, Nicholsodiscus, Polytryphocycloides, Sievertsia, Zygocycloides

Subtaxa: Perforocycloides nathalieae

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Anticosti Island, Fm. Jupiter, Telychian Cyclocystoids (Silurian of Québec)

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