†Metallagecrinus Strimple 1966 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Disparida - Allagecrinidae
Full reference: H. L. Strimple. 1966. Some notes concerning the Allagecrinidae. Oklahoma Geology Notes 26:99-111
Parent taxon: Allagecrinidae according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Strimple and Sevastopulo 1982
Sister taxa: Allagecrinus, Desmacriocrinus, Isoallagecrinus, Kallimorphocrinus, Litocrinus, Stereobrachicrinus, Thaminocrinus, Trophocrinus, Wrightocrinus
Subtaxa: Metallagecrinus palermoensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone megablock, USNM collection, Sosio Valley, Sicily (Permian of Italy)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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