Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Alternative combination: Pentacrinites subteres
Belongs to Balanocrinus according to M. Salamon et al. 2020
See also Hess and Gale 2010, Hess and Messing 2011 and Salamon 2009
Sister taxa: Balanocrinus cubensis, Balanocrinus dumortieri, Balanocrinus gillieroni, Balanocrinus infrasilvensis, Balanocrinus inornatus, Balanocrinus moniliferus, Balanocrinus pacomei, Balanocrinus pentagonalis, Balanocrinus quiaiosensis, Balanocrinus senonensis, Balanocrinus smithi, Balanocrinus subsulcatus, Balanocrinus valettei
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Hungary (2 collections), Poland (2)
• Jurassic of France (1), Poland (2), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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