Lysocystites (blastoid)

Blastoidea

Parent taxon: Blastoidea according to J.E. Bauer et al. 2019

See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coronoidea, Eublastoidea, Fissiculata, Granatocrinida, Macurdablastus, Pentremitida, Troosticrinida, Zygocrinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (11: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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