Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Parent taxon: Platycrinitidae according to G. D. Webster et al. 2025
See also Sepkoski 2002, Webster 1987, Webster and Lane 1987 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Brahmacrinus, Camptocrinus, Chinacrinus, Collicrinus, Elegantocrinus, Eucladocrinus, Neoplatycrinus, Oenochoacrinus, Platycion, Platyclonus, Platycrinites, Platyparallelus, Platyplateium, Platystela, Plemnocrinus
Subtaxa: Pleurocrinus depressus Pleurocrinus ellesmerense Pleurocrinus formosus Pleurocrinus globosus Pleurocrinus goldfussi Pleurocrinus omanensis Pleurocrinus quinquenodus Pleurocrinus spectabilis
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (4 collections), Canada (1: Nunavut), Indonesia (3), Oman (4)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: New Mexico)
Total: 19 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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