Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Alternative combinations: Cyathocrinus ramosus, Encrinites ramosus
Full reference: E. F. von Schlotheim. 1816. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in Geognostischer Hinsicht. Denkschriften der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Munchen für des Jahre 1816 und 1817 6:13-36
Belongs to Cyathocrinites according to S. K. Donovan et al. 1986
See also Geinitz 1841, Geinitz 1861, King 1850 and von Schlotheim 1816
Sister taxa: Cyathocrinites asperrimus, Cyathocrinites barrisi, Cyathocrinites barydactylus, Cyathocrinites chouteauensis, Cyathocrinites deroseari, Cyathocrinites farleyi, Cyathocrinites gilesi, Cyathocrinites harrodi, Cyathocrinites iowensis, Cyathocrinites kelloggi, Cyathocrinites lamellosus, Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus, Cyathocrinites planus, Cyathocrinites rigidus, Cyathocrinites sampsoni, Cyathocrinites simplex, Cyathocrinus lamellosus, Cyathocrinus virgalensis, Cyathocrinus indicus, Cyathocrinus kattaensis, Cyathocrinus goliathus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany
Distribution:
• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (15)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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