Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Full reference: K.S.W. Campbell and J. Bein. 1971. Some lower Carboniferous crinoids from New South Wales. Journal of Paleontology 45:419-436
Belongs to Platycrinites according to K.S.W. Campbell and J. Bein 1971
Sister taxa: Platycrinites bedfordensis, Platycrinites burkei, Platycrinites burlingtonensis, Platycrinites contritus, Platycrinites graphicus, Platycrinites halos, Platycrinites illinoisensis, Platycrinites irroratus, Platycrinites laevis, Platycrinites langbaensis, Platycrinites lodensis, Platycrinites nikondaense, Platycrinites parvinodus, Platycrinites peculiaris, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti, Platycrinus annosus
Type specimen: 18874 A.N.U., a calyx. Its type locality is North of R. Croker House, which is in a Hastarian/Chadian marine mudstone in the Goonoo Goonoo Mudstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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