Oklahomacystis spissus Frest et al. 1980

Paracrinoidea - Comarocystitida - Amygdalocystitidae

Full reference: T. J. Frest, H. L. Strimple, and B. J. Witzke. 1980. New Comarocystitida (Echinodermata: Paracrinoidea) from the Silurian of Iowa and Ordovician of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 54(1):217-228

Belongs to Oklahomacystis according to T. J. Frest et al. 1980

Sister taxa: Oklahomacystis bibrachiatus, Oklahomacystis tribrachiatus, Oklahomacystis trigonis

Type specimen: SUI 45073, a calyx. Its type locality is Oklahoma Highway 18 roadcut, 1.8 miles south of Sulphur, which is in a Blackriveran marine sandstone/shale in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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