Glyptosceptron Böhm 1891 (sea pen)

Anthozoa - Pennatulacea

Full reference: J. Böhm. 1891. Die Kreidebildungen des Fürbergs und Sulzbergs bei Siegsdorf in Oberbayern. Palaeontographica 38:1-106

Parent taxon: Pennatulacea according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Graphularia, Pachysceptron, Palaeosceptron, Pavonaria, Prographularia, Pteroeides, Virgularia

Subtaxa: Glyptosceptron zitteli

View classification

Type: Glyptosceptron zitteli

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gerhardtsreiter Graben (Cretaceous of Germany)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.