Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae
Alternative combination: Phialocrinus americanus
Full reference: S. Weller. 1909. Description of a Permian crinoid fauna from Texas. Journal of Geology 17:623-635
Belongs to Parulocrinus according to G. D. Webster 2006
See also Weller 1909
Sister taxa: Parulocrinus blairi, Parulocrinus pontiacensis, Parulocrinus vetulus
Type specimen: Walker Mus 13369, a calyx. Its type locality is Cibolo Creek, east bluff 0.5 miles below Cibolo Ranch, breccia zone, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Cibolo Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cibolo Creek, east bluff 0.5 miles below Cibolo Ranch, breccia zone
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