Paracrinoidea - Comarocystitida - Comarocystitidae
Full reference: T. J. Frest and H. L. Strimple. 1982. A New Comarocystitid (Echinodermata: Paracrinoidea) from the Kimmswick Limestone (Middle Ordovician), Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 56(2):358-370
Belongs to Implicaticystis according to T. J. Frest and H. L. Strimple 1982
Sister taxon: Implicaticystis shumardi
Type specimen: SUI 39522, a calyx. Its type locality is Roadcut along Interstate Highway 55 at Barnhart, which is in a Chatfieldian carbonate limestone in the Kimmswick Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Missouri collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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