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 crokeri, Platycrinites ellesmerense, Platycrinites halos, Platycrinites langbaensis, Platycrinites omanensis, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti
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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