{"id":4625,"date":"2014-01-10T18:19:22","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T23:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4625"},"modified":"2015-01-28T15:27:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:27:07","slug":"cheirocystis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/echinodermata\/rhombifera\/glyptocystitida\/cheirocrinidae\/cheirocystis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheirocystis<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Echinodermata<\/a>
\nClass: Rhombifera<\/a>
\nOrder: Glyptocystitida<\/a>
\nFamily: Cheirocrinidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Cheirocystis<\/em> Paul, 1972
\nCincinnatian Species: Cheirocystis fultonensis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nMiddle Ordovician<\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nCheirocystis<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • All plate circlets closed<\/li>\n
  • Six radial plates<\/li>\n
  • Ambulacra confined to flat oral surface<\/li>\n
  • 8-16 disjunct pectinirhombs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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