Maquoketocrinus Slocom and Foerste 1924 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae

Full reference: A. W. Slocom and A. F. Foerste. 1924. New echinoderms from the Maquoketa beds of Fayette County, Iowa. Iowa Geological Survey 29:318-383

Parent taxon: Rhodocrinitidae according to S. R. Cole 2017

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Balacrinus

Subtaxa: Maquoketocrinus ornatus

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Type: Maquoketocrinus ornatus

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Clermont (Ordovician of Iowa)

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