Tryssocrinus Guensburg 1984 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Cincinnaticrinidae

Parent taxon: Cincinnaticrinidae according to W. I. Ausich 1998

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cincinnaticrininae, Cincinnaticrinus, Doliocrinus, Glaucocrinus, Isotomocrinus, Ohiocrinus, Tenuicrinus, Tryssocrininae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. Z-654a. Highway cut, mile 43 on Interstate 65 appx 12 km ESE of Columbia (Ordovician of Tennessee)

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