†Decadocrinus pachydactylus Laudon 1936 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Full reference: L. R. Laudon. 1936. Notes on the Devonian crinoid fauna of Cedar Valley Formation of Iowa. Journal of Paleontology 10:60-66
Belongs to Decadocrinus according to L. R. Laudon 1936
Sister taxa: Decadocrinus crassidactylus, Decadocrinus spinulifer, Decadocrinus subhemisphericus
Type specimen: Univ. Iowa 1997. Its type locality is 2 miles south of Brandon, which is in a Givetian marine limestone in the Cedar Valley Formation of Iowa.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 2 miles south of Brandon
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