Comaturella Muenster 1838 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pterocomidae

Invalid subtaxa: Comatulithes von Schlotheim 1823 [replaced name], Pterocoma Agassiz 1836 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Pterocomidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

See also Dietl and Schweigert 2011 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atuatucametra, Placometra, Rhodanometra

Subtaxa: Comaturella formosa Comaturella pennata

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Type: Ophiurites pennatus

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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