Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Parent taxon: Isocrinidae according to A. W. Hunter et al. 2011
See also Hess and Messing 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Wetzel and Meyer 2006
Sister taxa: Archaeoisocrinus, Balanocrininae, Isocrininae, Isocrinus parvus, Neocrinus, Pentacrinus exilis, Pentacrinus fairbanksi, Pentacrinus stellatus, Pentacrinus tehamaensis, Tauriniocrinus
Subtaxa: Chariocrinus andreae Chariocrinus bathonicus Chariocrinus cristagalli Chariocrinus japonicus Chariocrinus mosensis Chariocrinus schlumbergeri Chariocrinus wuerttembergicus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Luxembourg (1), Poland (3), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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