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, Pisera and Dzik 1979 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 (3), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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