Sostronocrinus quadribrachiatus Waters et al. 2003 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cladida

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 Sostronocrinus according to J. A. Waters et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Sostronocrinus minutus, Sostronocrinus mundus, Sostronocrinus superbus

Type specimen: NIGP128007, a calyx

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Emuha location (Devonian of China)

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