Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Alternative combinations: Cyathocrinus ramosus, Encrinites ramosus
Synonym: Cyathocrinites planus Miller 1821
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 Ausich and Copper 2010, Campbell and Bein 1971, Geinitz 1841, Geinitz 1861, King 1850 and von Schlotheim 1816
Sister taxa: Cyathocrinites deroseari, Cyathocrinus virgalensis, Cyathocrinus kattaensis, Cyathocrinus indicus, Cyathocrinus goliathus
Type specimens:
- Cyathocrinites ramosus: Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany
- Cyathocrinites planus:
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (16)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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