Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Alternative combination: Pentacrinites subsulcatus
Synonyms: Balanocrinus subteroides Quenstedt 1858, Pentacrinites subteroides Quenstedt 1858, Pentacrinus liasinus d'Orbigny 1850, Terocrinus subteroides Quenstedt 1858
Belongs to Balanocrinus according to M. Jäger 1985
See also Hess and Messing 2011
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 subteres, Balanocrinus valettei
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (11 collections), Switzerland (3), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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