Yorkicystis haefneri Zamora et al. 2022

Edrioasteroidea - Yorkicystitidae

Full reference: S. Zamora, I. A. Rahman, C. D. Sumrall, A. P. Gibson, and J. R. Thompson. 2022. Cambrian edrioasteroid reveals new mechanism for secondary reduction of the skeleton in echinoderms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289:20212733

Belongs to Yorkicystis according to S. Zamora et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK EE 1659. Its type locality is City View Church, which is in a Dyeran/Delamaran offshore shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at City View Church

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