Crinoidea - Disparida - Tornatilicrinidae
Full reference: J. C. Brower. 2008. Systematics and paleoecology of Haptocrinus buttsi, a new species of disparid crinoid from the Upper Ordovician Hatter Limestone of central Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology 82(3):576-584
Belongs to Haptocrinus according to J. C. Brower 2008
Sister taxon: Haptocrinus calvatus
Type specimen: NMNH 534409. Its type locality is Crinoid locality, Union furnace, route 453 roadcut, which is in a Turinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal mudstone/wackestone in the Hatter Formation of Pennsylvania.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Crinoid locality, Union furnace, route 453 roadcut
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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