†Protencrinus baliensis Webster 2012 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Cladida - Protencrinidae
Full reference: G. D. Webster. 2012. An Early Permian crinoid fauna from Crete. Zoosymposia 7:101-110
Belongs to Protencrinus according to W. Ausich et al. 2024
See also Mao et al. 2018 and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GPIF CrdKap 12, a calyx. Its type locality is Cape south of Bali, Crete, which is in an Asselian marine phyllite in the Fodele Formation of Greece.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Greece (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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