Pleurocystites

Taxobox
name = "Pleurocystites"
fossil_range = Late Ordovician


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Echinodermata
subphylum = Crinozoa
classis = Rhombifera
ordo=
genus="Pleurocystites"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =

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

ources

* "Fossils" (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 191)

External links

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=30988 "Pleurocystites"] in the Paleobiology Database