Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Full reference: T. W. Broadhead and H. L. Strimple. 1977. Permian platycrinitid crinoids from Arctic North America. Canadian Journal Earth Science 14:1166-1175
Belongs to Platycrinites according to T. W. Broadhead and H. L. Strimple 1977
Sister taxa: Platycrinites bedfordensis, Platycrinites burkei, Platycrinites burlingtonensis, Platycrinites contritus, Platycrinites crokeri, Platycrinites graphicus, Platycrinites halos, Platycrinites illinoisensis, Platycrinites irroratus, Platycrinites laevis, Platycrinites langbaensis, Platycrinites lodensis, Platycrinites parvinodus, Platycrinites peculiaris, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti, Platycrinus annosus
Type specimen: UA 2415, a calyx. Its type locality is Nikonda Creek, Nabesna, which is in a Cisuralian/Guadalupian marine limestone in Alaska.
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Nikonda Creek, Nabesna
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