Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Parent taxon: Cyathocrinitidae according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
See also Ramsbottom 1958, Sepkoski 2002 and Willink 1979
Sister taxa: Anarchocrinus, Ceratocrinus, Conicocyathocrinites, Cyathocrinites, Ichthyocrinus, Levicyathocrinites, Meniscocrinus, Occiducrinus, Rugosocyathocrinites
Subtaxa: Gissocrinus ludensis Gissocrinus voiseyi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections)
• Devonian of Germany (2)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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