Lyracystis reesei Sprinkle and Collins 2006

Eocrinoidea - Gogiida - Lyracystidae

Full reference: J. Sprinkle and D. Collins. 2006. New eocrinoids from the Burgess Shale, southern British Columbia, Canada, and the Spence Shale, northern Utah, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43:303-322

Belongs to Lyracystis according to J. Sprinkle and D. Collins 2006

Sister taxon: Lyracystis radiata

Type specimen: TMM 1808TX2

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Miners Hollow [Spence Shale Mbr, Langtson Fm] (Cambrian of Utah)

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