Eucalyptocrinites inchoatus Philip 1961 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae

Full reference: G. M. Philip. 1961. Lower Devonian crinoids from Toongabbi, Victoria, Australia. Geological Magazine 98:143-160

Belongs to Eucalyptocrinites according to G. M. Philip 1961

Sister taxa: Eucalyptocrinites archaios, Eucalyptocrinites rosaceus

Type specimen: M.U.G.D. 3404, a calyx. Its type locality is Old Toongabbie Marble Quarry, Lower Quarry, Marble Creek, which is in a Siegen carbonate limestone in the Toongabble Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Old Toongabbie Marble Quarry, Lower Quarry, Marble Creek

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