Eocrinoidea - Ampheristocystidae

Full reference: T. J. Frest. 2005. Ampheristocystis, a Silurian (Lower Wenlock) eocrinoid (Echinodermata, Blastozoa) from Indiana. Geological Journal 40:301-329

Belongs to Ampheristocystis according to T. J. Frest 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UC 43346 (theca and partial stem). Its type locality is Holocystitid-Coronoid Assoc., Upper Osgood Shale, which is in a Sheinwoodian deep subtidal mudstone/grainstone in the Osgood Shale Formation of Indiana.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Holocystitid-Coronoid Assoc., Upper Osgood Shale

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