Neocrinus Wyville Thomson 1864 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Alternative spelling: Pentacrinus (Neocrinus)
Parent taxon: Isocrinidae according to S. K. Donovan et al. 2005
See also Donovan 1994, Hess and Messing 2011, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaeoisocrinus, Balanocrininae, Chariocrinus, Isocrininae, Isocrinus parvus, Pentacrinus exilis, Pentacrinus fairbanksi, Pentacrinus stellatus, Pentacrinus tehamaensis, Tauriniocrinus
Subtaxa: Neocrinus australis Neocrinus decorus Neocrinus tenellus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Jamaica (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Greenland (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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