†Quienquecaudex springeri Kolata 1975 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Flexibilia - Cupulocrinidae
Alternative combination: Dendrocrinus springeri
Full reference: D. R. Kolata. 1975. Middle Ordovician echinoderms from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 49(3):1-74
Belongs to Quienquecaudex according to J. C. Brower 1995
See also Kolata 1975
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMNH S5697, a calyx
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (11: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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