Echmatocrinus Sprinkle 1973

Anthozoa - Octocorallia - Echmatocrinidae

Full reference: J. Sprinkle. 1973. Morphology and evolution of blastozoan echinoderms. Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication 1-283

Parent taxon: Echmatocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich and L.E. Babcock 1998

See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Delamaran of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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