Bolboporites Pander 1830

Eocrinoidea

Synonym: Bolboporites Pander 1830 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Eocrinoidea according to V. B. Kushlina 1995

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Acanthocystites, Ascocystitida, Ascocystitidae, Balangicystis, Balantiocystis, Cardiocystites, Cigara, Cryptocrinitidae, Cymbionites, Gogiida, Haimacystis, Hexedriocystis, Imbricata, Lapillocystites, Lichenoididae, Lingulocystidae, Llanocystis, Luhocrinus, Marjumicystis, Palaeocystitidae, Paracryptocrinites, Peridionites, Pilocystites, Polyptychella, Rhipidocystidae, Ridersiidae, Trachelocrinida, Ubaghsicystis

Subtaxa: Bolboporites americanus Bolboporites uncinata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (5: Quebec collections), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1)

• Chazy of Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec), United States (8: New York)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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