†family Mespilocrinidae (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Mespilocrinidae

Parent taxon: Lecanocrinoidea according to G. D. Webster 2006

See also Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Cibolocrinus Loxocrinus Mespilocrinus Petrocrinus Strobocrinus Syntomocrinus Trinalicrinus

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Type: Mespilocrinus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Bolivia (1), Indonesia (6), Tunisia (2), United States (2: Nevada, Texas)

• Carboniferous of Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (31: Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 50 collections including 61 occurrences

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