Crinoidea - Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Full reference: G. C. McIntosh. 1984. Devonian cladid inadunate crinoids: Family Botryocrinidae Bather, 1899. Journal of Paleontology 58:1260-1281
Belongs to Costalocrinus according to G. C. McIntosh 1984
Sister taxa: Costalocrinus conkini, Costalocrinus consolidatus, Costalocrinus cornutus, Costalocrinus dilatatus, Costalocrinus helenae, Costalocrinus ibericus, Costalocrinus sentosus, Costalocrinus thymos
Type specimen: USNM 305633 (whole specimen (width at radials)). Its type locality is Bay View Creek Wanakah Shale locality Dgn-4b, which is in a Givetian marine shale in the Ludlowville Formation of New York.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (3: Ontario collections), United States (11: Indiana, Kentucky, New York)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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