Calceolispongia cracowensis Willink 1979 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Calceolispongiidae

Full reference: R. J. Willink. 1979. The crinoid genera Tribrachyocrinus McCoy, Calceolispongia Etheridge, Jimbacrinus Teichert and Meganotocrinus n. gen. in the Permian of eastern Australia. Palaeontographica Abt. A 165(3-6):137-194

Belongs to Calceolispongia according to R. J. Willink 1979

Sister taxa: Calceolispongia abundans, Calceolispongia aculeata, Calceolispongia cornuta, Calceolispongia diemenensis, Calceolispongia digitata, Calceolispongia gerthi, Calceolispongia hindei, Calceolispongia kalewaensis, Calceolispongia lizziensis, Calceolispongia mammeata, Calceolispongia nodosa, Calceolispongia spinosa, Calceolispongia stephensi, Calceolispongia teicherti, Calceolispongia ulladullensis

Type specimen: UQF 69907, a calyx (Second brachials). Its type locality is UQ L849, Dawson River, Theodore, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Barfield Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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