†class Lepidocystoidea Durham 1967
Parent taxon: Blastozoa according to E. Nardin et al. 2017
See also Beaver et al. 1967
Sister taxa: Asteroblastida, Blastoidea, Crinoidea, Diploporita, Eocrinoidea, Glyptosphaeritida, Parablastoidea, Paracrinoidea, Rhombifera, Rhombifera, Soluta, Sphaeronitida
Subtaxa: Felbabkacystidae Lepidocystidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (2 collections), the Czech Republic (5), United States (6: Pennsylvania)
Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences