†Taxocrinus anomalus Waters et al. 2003 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Full reference: J. A. Waters, C. G. Maples, N. G. Lane, S. Marcus, Liao Zhou-Ting, Liu Lujun, Hou Hong-Fei and Wang Jin-Xing. 2003. A quadrupling of Famennian pelmatozoan diversity: new Late Devonian blastoids and crinoids from northwest China. Journal of Paleontology 77(5):922-948
Belongs to Taxocrinus according to J. A. Waters et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Taxocrinus macrodactylus, Taxocrinus ovalis, Taxocrinus stultus
Type specimen: NIGP127997, a calyx
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (1 collection), Mongolia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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