†Illemocrinus Eckert 1987 (Sea lily)
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Alternative spelling: Illemnocrinus
Full reference: J. D. Eckert. 1987. Illemocrinus amphiatus, a new cladid inadunate crinoid from the Middle Ordovician of Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 24:860-865
Parent taxon: Porocrinidae according to D. F. Wright et al. 2019
See also Ausich 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Carabocrinus, Palaeocrinus, Porocrinus, Triboloporus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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