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Eocystites

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Extinct genus of marine invertebrates

Eocystites
E. longidactylus
Detail of the texture of the shell plates in E. longidactylus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Genus: Eocystites

Eocystites was a genus of Cambrian stem-group echinoderm of Australia and Vermont.

References

  1. Charles Doolittle Walcott (1886). Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. Vol. 30 of Geological Survey bulletin. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 1–369.
Taxon identifiers
Eocystites


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