Paracomatula triadica Hagdorn and Campbell 1993 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Paracomatulidae

Full reference: H. Hagdorn and H. J. Campbell. 1993. Paracomatula triadica sp. nov. - an early comatulid crinoid from the Otapirian (Late Triassic) of New Caledonia. Alcheringa 17(1-2):1-17

Belongs to Paracomatula according to H. Hagdorn and H. J. Campbell 1993

Sister taxon: Paracomatula helvetica

Type specimen: Its type locality is AU 6073, Ile Ducos (NC/f087), which is in an Otapirian marine siltstone in the Bourake Formation of New Caledonia

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at AU 6073, Ile Ducos (NC/f087)

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