Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Calceolispongiidae
Full reference: R. J. Willink. 1979. The crinoid genera Tribrachyocrinus McCoy, Calceolispongia Etheridge, Jimbacrinus Teichert and Meganotocrinus n. gen. in the Permian of eastern Australia. Palaeontographica Abt. A 165(3-6):137-194
Belongs to Calceolispongia according to G. D. Webster and P. A. Jell 1999
See also Willink 1979
Sister taxa: Calceolispongia abundans, Calceolispongia aculeata, Calceolispongia cornuta, Calceolispongia cracowensis, Calceolispongia diemenensis, Calceolispongia digitata, Calceolispongia hindei, Calceolispongia kalewaensis, Calceolispongia lizziensis, Calceolispongia mammeata, Calceolispongia nodosa, Calceolispongia spinosa, Calceolispongia stephensi, Calceolispongia teicherti, Calceolispongia ulladullensis
Type specimen: UT 96777. Its type locality is Maria Island, which is in a Permian marine limestone in the Maria Island north Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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