†family Gasterocomidae Roemer 1854 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Gasterocomidae

Parent taxon: Gasterocomacea according to W. I. Ausich 1998

See also Johnson and Lane 1969 and Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Cupressocrinitidae, Petalocrinidae, Sphaerocrinidae

Subtaxa: Bouskacrinus Gasterocoma Kopficrinus Lecythocrinus Mictocrinus Myrtillocrinus Nanocrinus Prolecythiocrinus Schultzicrinus Scoliocrinus

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Type: Gasterocoma

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (6: Ontario, Yukon), Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (1), South Africa (1), United States (2: Alaska, Nevada)

• Silurian of United States (3: Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee)

Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences

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