†Uperocrinus Meek and Worthen 1865 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Parent taxon: Batocrinidae according to W.I. Ausich et al. 2018
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Abatocrinus, Alloprosallocrinus, Azygocrinus, Bactocrininae, Batocrinus, Dizygocrinus, Eretmocrinus, Eutrochocrinus, Glannearycrinus, Gongylocrinus, Macrocrinus, Magnuscrinus, Periechocrininae, Simatocrinus
Subtaxa: Uperocrinus kuesi Uperocrinus nashvillae Uperocrinus pyriformis Uperocrinus robustus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (22: Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, Tennessee collections)
• Devonian of China (1)
Total: 23 collections including 36 occurrences
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