Krinocrinus Witzke and Strimple 1981 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Patelliocrinidae

Parent taxon: Patelliocrinidae according to C. R. Clement and C. E. Brett 2015

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Briarocrinus, Centriocrinus, Eopatelliocrinus, Jovacrinus, Kylixocrinus, Laurelocrinus, Macrostylocrinus, Patelliocrinus, Thomasocrinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Carpocrinus bodei Assoc., Farmers Creek Member, Hopkinton Fm., Eastern Iowa (Silurian of Iowa)

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