Nucleocrinus bosei Sumrall et al. 2009 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Nucleocrinida - Nucleocrinidae

Full reference: C. D. Sumrall, C. E. Brett, T. A. Dexter and A. Bartholomew. 2009. An enigmatic bastozoan Echinoderm fauna from central Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 83(5):739-749

Belongs to Nucleocrinus according to C. D. Sumrall et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Nucleocrinus elegans, Nucleocrinus obovatus

Type specimen: CMCIP-51223 (Theca). Its type locality is Drowning Creek Area, which is in a Givetian carbonate grainstone/packstone in the Boyle Formation of Kentucky.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Drowning Creek Area

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