Acrocrinus Yandell 1855 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Acrocrinitidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphoracrocrinus, Mongoliacrinus, Platyacrocrinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (25: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky collections)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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