Meganotocrinus tuberculatus Willink 1979 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Tribrachyocrinidae

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 Meganotocrinus according to R. J. Willink 1979

Sister taxa: Meganotocrinus konincki, Meganotocrinus princeps, Pentadia corona

Type specimen: ANU 35048, a calyx (Incomplete cup with attached brachials). Its type locality is Selby's Rock, Broger's Creek, Kangaroo Valley, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Berry Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Selby's Rock, Broger's Creek, Kangaroo Valley

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