†Tyrolecrinus wugangi Stiller 2011 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Full reference: F. Stiller. 2011. An early isocrinid sea lily from the middle to late Anisian boundary (Middle Triassic) of south-west China - evidence for a far-east Tethyan origin of the family Isocrinidae. Palaeontology 54(6):1415-1433
Belongs to Tyrolecrinus according to F. Stiller 2011
Sister taxa: Tyrolecrinus separatus, Tyrolecrinus tyrolensis
Type specimen: NIGP 135672, a set of stem ossicles (pluricolumnal consisting of four internodals and a distal nodal)
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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