After Beaver, Caster, Durham, Fay, Fell, Kesling, Macurda, Moore, Ubaghs & †Wanner, 1967, Drichelt ????, Aceñolaza, 1999 and Botting, 2003
<==o †Cystoidea von Buch, 1846 [nom. correct. Nicholson, 1879 (pro Cystideen von Buch, 1846)] [Cystidea Hall, 1847; Cystideae Forbes, 1848; Cystoidia DeLage & hérouard, 1903; Hydrophoridea Zittel, 1903] |--o †Diploporida [paraphyletic] | |?- †Echinoencrinites angulosus Pander | |--o †Glyptosphaeritida | | |--o †Glyptospheritidae | | |--o †Dactylocystidae | | |--o †Protocrinitidae | | `--o †Gomphocystitidae | |--o †Sphaeronitida | | |--o †Aristocystitidae | | `--o †Sphaeronitidae | `--o †Asteroblastida | |--o †Asteroblastidae | `--o †Mesocystidae `--o †Rhombifera Zittel, 1879 [taxonomic history] [paraphyletic] |?- †Barroubiocystis radiata |?- †Cheirocystis fultonensis Sumrall & Schumacher, 2002 [“Glyptocystites” fultonensis] |?- †Cheirocrinus |?- †Cambrocrinus Orlowski |?- †Hadrocystis alternata Paul |?- †Lepadocystis moorei (Meek, 1871) [Lepocrinites moorei; Lepadocrinites moorei] |?- †Lepocrinites |?- †Sphaeronites pomum Gyllenhaal |?- †Stichocystis geometrica Jaekel |?- †Velieuxicystis ornata |?-o †Dichoporita Jaekel, 1899 | `--o †Macrocystellidae Bather, 1899; emend. Jaekel, 1918 | `--o †Macrocystella Callaway, 1877 [Cystidea Barrade; Mimocystites Barrade] | |--o †M. bavarica (Barrande) | | |-- †M. b. salairica | | `-- †M. b. bavarica | |-- †M. bohemica (Barrande) | |-- †M. tasseftensis Chauvel | |-- †M. mariae Callaway, 1877 | |-- †M. pauli Gil | |-- †M. azaisi (Thoral) | |?- †M.? grumosa | |?- †M.? durandi Aceñolaza, 1999 | `--o †Mimocystites | |?- †M.? khmelevkensis | |?- †M.? diversiformis | |?- †M.? longijugatus | `?- †M.? izyrakensis |?- †Glyptocystida Bather, 1899 [taxonomic history] |--o †Hemicosmitida | |--o †Hemicosmitidae | |?-o †Caryocrinitidae | | `--o †Caryocrinites | | |-- †C. ornatus | | `-- †C. lagenalis Regnéll | `--o †Heterocystitidae |--o †Polycosmitida | |--o †Polycosmitidae | `--o †Stichocystidae `--o †Fistuliporites [paraphyletic] `--o †Caryocystida Jaekel, 1918 |--o †Caryocystitidae `--o †Echinosphaeritidae Neumayr, 1889 `--o †Echinosphaerites Wahlenberg, 1821 |?- †E. aurantium (Gyllenhaal) |?- †E. grandis |--o †(Echinosphaerites) Wahlenberg, 1821 | `-- †E. (E.) granulatus M'Coy, 1846 `--o †(Striatospaerites) `-- †E. (S.) arachnoideus Forbes
Reference(s):
- Aceñolaza, G. F., 1999: Macrocystella? durandi sp. nov. (Echinodermata, Rhombifera) y el registro del géner o Macrocystella en la cuenca cambro-ordovícica del norte Argentino. (in spanish)
[Macrocystella? durandi n. sp. (Echinodermata, Rhombifera) and new data on the genus Macrocystella in the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary beds of northern Argentina.].
–Acta Geologica Hispanica: Vol. 34, #1, pp. 89-101 - Beaver, H. H., Caster, K. E., Durham, J. W., Fay, R. O., Fell, H. B., Kesling, R. V., Macurda jr., D. B., Moore, R. C., Ubaghs, G. & †Wanner, J., 1967: Part S – Echinodermata 1.
in Moore, R. C., (eds.) 1967: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.
–Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press, Lawrence (Kansas), New York (NY), 1967, xxix-S296 - Botting, J. P., 2003: Llanvirn (Middle Ordovician) echinoderms from Llandegley rocks, central Wales.
–Palaeontology: Vol. 46, #4, pp. 685-708 - Drichelt, W., Cystoideen - eine kleine Einführung.
–iNet: http://www.geo-ag-kiel.de/cystoideen_einf%FChr_aufsatz_drichelt.htm; [visited: 2004-06-15]