Plummericrinus expansus Moore and Strimple 1973 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Pachylocrinidae

Full reference: R. C. Moore and H. L. Strimple. 1973. Lower Pennsylvanian (Morrowan) crinoids from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Echinodermata Article 60(12):1-84

Belongs to Plummericrinus according to R. C. Moore and H. L. Strimple 1973

Sister taxa: Plummericrinus bulbosus, Plummericrinus jelli

Type specimen: SUI 33128 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Northeast of small knoll (Loc. 13), which is in a Morrowan marine limestone/sandstone in the Bloyd Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Northeast of small knoll (Loc. 13)

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