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 Metutharocrinus according to R. C. Moore and H. L. Strimple 1973
Sister taxa: Metutharocrinus spinifer, Metutharocrinus undulatus
Type specimen: SUI 33364 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Big Frog Bayou - south side bridge (Loc. 21), which is in a Morrowan marine limestone/shale in the Bloyd Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (6: Arkansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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