†Elaeacrinus Roemer 1851 (blastoid)
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Blastoidea - Nucleocrinida - Nucleocrinidae
Parent taxon: Nucleocrinidae according to J.A. Waters and A.S. Horowitz 1993
See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Nucleocrinus, Placoblastus
Subtaxa: Elaeacrinus verneuili
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (5: Indiana, Missouri, Ohio collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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