Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Parent taxon: Calceocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Ausich and Copper 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anulocrinus, Calceocrinus, Catatonocrinus, Chirocrinus, Chiropinna, Corvucrinus, Cremacrinus, Cunctocrinus, Deltacrinus, Diaphorocrinus, Dolerocrinus, Eohalysiocrinus, Epihalysiocrinus, Espanocrinus, Grypocrinus, Halysiocrinus, Minicrinus, Paracremacrinus, Senariocrinus, Stibarocrinus, Synchirocrinus, Trypherocrinus
Subtaxa: Charactocrinus billingsi Charactocrinus pustulosus
Type: Charactocrinus pustulosus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (5: New York collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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