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 Tribrachyocrinus according to R. J. Willink 1979
Sister taxa: Pentadia, Pentadia reniformis, Pentadia spatangus, Pentadia trigona, Tribrachyocrinus brogerensis, Tribrachyocrinus clarkei, Tribrachyocrinus corrugatus, Tribrachyocrinus etheridgei, Tribrachyocrinus granulatus, Tribrachyocrinus pseudoclarkei, Tribrachyocrinus singletonensis
Type specimen: ANU 35025a, a calyx (Complete cup). 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:
• 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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