Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Homocrinidae
Parent taxon: Homocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Kolata 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich 1925
Sister taxa: Apodasmocrinus, Bodacrinus, Cataraquicrinus, Daedalocrininae, Daedalocrinus, Difficilicrinus, Drymocrinus, Homocrininae, Homocrinus, Ibexocrinus, Kastorcrinus, Penicillicrinus, Sygcaulocrinus, Tunguskocrinus
Subtaxa: Ectenocrinus simplex
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (190: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Wyoming)
Total: 195 collections including 196 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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