Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Full reference: G. D. Webster and P.A. Jell. 1992. Permian echinoderms from Western Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32(1):311-373
Belongs to Neoplatycrinus according to G. D. Webster and P.A. Jell 1992
Sister taxa: Neoplatycrinus callytharraensis, Neoplatycrinus dilatatus, Neoplatycrinus major, Neoplatycrinus somoholensis, Neoplatycrinus transitorius
Type specimen: CPC 30677, a calyx (Oral plate). Its type locality is BMR ML87, Lyndon River, Mia Mia Homestead, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Madeline Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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