†Torynocrinus globosus Hess and Gale 2010 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Sclerocrinidae
Full reference: H. Hess and A. S. Gale. 2010. Crinoids from the Shenley Limestone (Albian) of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(3):427-447
Belongs to Torynocrinus according to H. Hess and A. S. Gale 2010
Sister taxa: Koninckocrinus, Torynocrinus canon, Torynocrinus phialaeformis
Type specimen: BMNH EE 13650, a calyx. Its type locality is Double Arches [Shenley Limestone], which is in an Albian marine wackestone in the Shenley Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Double Arches [Shenley Limestone]
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