Blastoidea - Coronata - Stephanocrinidae
Full reference: S. K. Donovan and C.R.C. Paul. 1985. Coronate echinoderms from the lower Palaeozoic of Britain. Palaeontology 28:527-543
Belongs to Stephanocrinus according to S. K. Donovan and C.R.C. Paul 1985
Sister taxon: Stephanocrinus angulatus
Type specimen: BMNH E25427. Its type locality is Old quarry on Hunterstye, Upper Crummackdale, which is in a Hirnantian marine shale in the Ashgill Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician to Silurian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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