Griphocrinus Kirk 1945 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae

Parent taxon: Dimerocrinitidae according to G. Ubaghs et al. 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Allozygocrinus, Ambicocrinus, Becsciecrinus, Cybelecrinus, Cyphocrinus, Dimerocrinites, Eodimerocrinites, Eudimerocrinus, Euptychocrinus, Hiiumaacrinus, Macarocrinus, Nexocrinus, Oepikicrinus, Pterinocrinus, Ptychocrinus, Shidianocrinus

Subtaxa: Griphocrinus pirovanoi

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Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerro Kochis, Cochabamba Department (Devonian of Bolivia)

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