Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Pirasocrinidae
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 Lasanocrinus according to R. C. Moore and H. L. Strimple 1973
Sister taxa: Lasanocrinus daileyi, Lasanocrinus multinodulus, Lasanocrinus nodatus, Lasanocrinus strigosus
Type specimen: SUI 33343 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Greenleaf Lake Spillway (Loc. 8), which is in a Morrowan marine limestone/shale in the Bloyd Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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