Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Parent taxon: Bourgueticrinidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Ciampaglio et al. 2007, Donovan 1994, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bourgueticrinus, Conocrinus, Dunnicrinus
Subtaxa: Democrinus braueri Democrinus brevis Democrinus chuni Democrinus dubius Democrinus gisleni Democrinus maximus Democrinus parfaiti Democrinus simmsi
Type: Democrinus parfaiti
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (4: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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