Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Parent taxon: Calceocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Ausich and Copper 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anulocrinus, Catatonocrinus, Charactocrinus, Chirocrinus, Chiropinna, Corvucrinus, Cremacrinus, Cunctocrinus, Deltacrinus, Diaphorocrinus, Dolerocrinus, Eohalysiocrinus, Epihalysiocrinus, Espanocrinus, Grypocrinus, Halysiocrinus, Minicrinus, Paracremacrinus, Senariocrinus, Stibarocrinus, Synchirocrinus, Trypherocrinus
Subtaxa: Calceocrinus gamachicus
Type: Cheirocrinus chrysalis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (7: Ontario, Québec collections), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec), United States (12: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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