Pleurocystites

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Pleurocystites
Fossil range: Late Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Rhombifera
Genus: Pleurocystites

Pleurocystites is a genus of rhombiferan echinoderm (a cystoid) that lived in the Late Ordovician. Its fossils are known from Europe and North America.

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 191)

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