Tribrachyocrinus M'Coy 1847 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Tribrachyocrinidae

Alternative spelling: Tribrachiocrinus

Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1847. XXI. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(133):226-236

Parent taxon: Tribrachyocrinidae according to G. D. Webster and P. A. Jell 1999

See also Etheridge 1892 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Meganotocrinus, Nowracrinus

Subtaxa: Pentadia Pentadia reniformis Pentadia spatangus Pentadia trigona Tribrachyocrinus brogerensis Tribrachyocrinus clarkei Tribrachyocrinus corrugatus Tribrachyocrinus etheridgei Tribrachyocrinus granulatus Tribrachyocrinus pseudoclarkei Tribrachyocrinus rattei Tribrachyocrinus singletonensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (20 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 21 collections including 32 occurrences

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