Fresnedacrinus ibericus Ausich et al. 2002 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Colpodecrinidae

Full reference: W. I. Ausich, M.D. Gil Cid, and P. Dominguez Alonso. 2002. Ordovician [Dobrotivian (Llandeillian stage) to Ashgill] crinoids (Phylum Echinodermata) from the Montes de Toledo and Sierra Morena Spain. Journal of Paleontology 76(6):975-992

Belongs to Fresnedacrinus according to W. I. Ausich et al. 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNCN-I-35379. Its type locality is Embalse de Fresnedas, which is in a Dobrotivian marine shale in the Pizarras Guindo Formation of Spain.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Embalse de Fresnedas

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