Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Synonym: Platycrinus [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Platycrinitidae according to W. I. Ausich and E. W. Roeser 2012
See also Campbell and Bein 1971, Miller 1821, Moore and Jeffords 1968, Sepkoski 2002, Webster and Lane 1987, Webster and Sevastopulo 2007 and Webster et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Brahmacrinus, Camptocrinus, Chinacrinus, Collicrinus, Elegantocrinus, Eucladocrinus, Neoplatycrinus, Oenochoacrinus, Platycion, Platyclonus, Platyparallelus, Platyplateium, Platystela, Plemnocrinus, Pleurocrinus
Subtaxa: Platycrinites bedfordensis Platycrinites burkei Platycrinites burlingtonensis Platycrinites contritus Platycrinites crokeri Platycrinites graphicus Platycrinites halos Platycrinites illinoisensis Platycrinites irroratus Platycrinites laevis Platycrinites langbaensis Platycrinites lodensis Platycrinites nikondaense Platycrinites parvinodus Platycrinites peculiaris Platycrinites testudo Platycrinites vexabilis Platycrinites wachsmuthi Platycrinites wrighti Platycrinus annosus
Type: Platycrinites laevis
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), Indonesia (12), Serbia (1), Timor-Leste (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 (143: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)
• Devonian of Germany (4), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 188 collections including 237 occurrences
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