Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Full reference: M. Sanchez Roig. 1926. Los Equiodermos fosiles de Cuba. Contribucion a la paleontologia Cubana 1-179
Belongs to Balanocrinus according to Valette 1926
Sister taxa: Balanocrinus dumortieri, Balanocrinus gillieroni, Balanocrinus infrasilvensis, Balanocrinus inornatus, Balanocrinus moniliferus, Balanocrinus pacomei, Balanocrinus pentagonalis, Balanocrinus quiaiosensis, Balanocrinus senonensis, Balanocrinus smithi, Balanocrinus subsulcatus, Balanocrinus subteres, Balanocrinus valettei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Canteras del Tejar "Consuelo", which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Cuba
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Canteras del Tejar "Consuelo"
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.