Eucladocrinus Meek 1872 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae

Parent taxon: Platycrinitidae according to G. Ubaghs et al. 1978

See also Moore and Jeffords 1968 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brahmacrinus, Camptocrinus, Chinacrinus, Collicrinus, Elegantocrinus, Neoplatycrinus, Oenochoacrinus, Platycion, Platyclonus, Platycrinites, Platyparallelus, Platyplateium, Platystela, Plemnocrinus, Pleurocrinus

Subtaxa: Eucladocrinus kentuckiensis Eucladocrinus pleurovimenus Eucladocrinus springeri

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Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (19: Kentucky, New Mexico, Tennessee collections)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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