Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Synonym: Platycrinus [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Platycrinitidae according to G. D. Webster and G. D. Sevastopulo 2007
See also Campbell and Bein 1971, Miller 1821, Sepkoski 2002, Webster and Lane 1987 and Webster et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Brahmacrinus, Camptocrinus, Chinacrinus, Eucladocrinus, Neoplatycrinus, Oenochoacrinus, Plemnocrinus, Pleurocrinus
Subtaxa: Platycrinites crokeri Platycrinites ellesmerense Platycrinites halos Platycrinites langbaensis Platycrinites nikondaense Platycrinites omanensis Platycrinites testudo Platycrinites vexabilis Platycrinites wachsmuthi Platycrinites wrighti
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia, Nunavut), East Timor (1), Indonesia (12), Oman (1), United States (2: Alaska, Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Canada (2: Alberta), China (3), Iran (2), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (133: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)
• Devonian of Germany (4), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 179 collections including 216 occurrences
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