Dilatocrinus Webster and Lane 1987 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Sunwaptacrinidae

Full reference: G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane. 1987. Crinoids from the Anchor Limestone (Lower Mississippian) of the Monte Cristo Group Southern Nevada. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Paper 119:1-55

Parent taxon: Sunwaptacrinidae according to G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 1987

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Displodocrinus, Sunwaptacrinus

Subtaxa: Dilatocrinus apricus Dilatocrinus multiramosus

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Type: Amphoracrinus multiramosus

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dilatocrinus in the database

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