Agelacrinites Vanuxem 1842

Edrioasteroidea - Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae

Full reference: L. Vanuxem. 1842. Geology of New York, pt. 3, Comprising the survey of the third geological district. New York State Geological Survey 1-306

Parent taxon: Agelacrinitidae according to C. D. Sumrall 1996

See also Regnéll 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agelacrinitinae, Bellastrella, Cooperidiscus, Dinocystis, Discocystinae, Hystrichopsydrax, Krama, Lepidodiscus, Neoisorophusella, Postibulla, Postibullinae, Savagella, Thresherodiscus, Ulrichidiscus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (2: Iowa, Ohio collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), United States (4: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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