Hapalocrinus quinquepennis Ramsbottom 1958 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Hapalocrinidae

Full reference: W. H. C. Ramsbottom. 1958. British Upper Silurian crinoids from the Ludlovian. Palaeontology 1:106-115

Belongs to Hapalocrinus according to W. H. C. Ramsbottom 1958

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BM E 26576a, a calyx. Its type locality is Leintwardine starfish bed, which is in a Leintwardine lagoonal siltstone in the Lower Leintwardine Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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