Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Somphocrinidae
Alternative combination: Rhabdotites rectus
Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline. 1955. Monograph of fossil holothurian sclerites. Bulletin of the Missouri University School of Metallurgy and Mines, Technical series 89:1-204
Belongs to Osteocrinus according to A. Nützel and A. Kaim 2014
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Hess and Messing 2011 and Zawidzka 1971
Sister taxa: Osteocrinus aghdarbandensis, Osteocrinus glaber, Osteocrinus rimosus, Osteocrinus sinensis, Osteocrinus spinosus, Osteocrinus virgatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Hungary (1 collection), Iran (1), Italy (29), Poland (1)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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