Crinoidea - Cladida - Staphylocrinidae
Full reference: G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane. 1967. Additional Permian crinoids from southern Nevada. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Paper 27:1-32
Parent taxon: Staphylocrinidae according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
See also Sepkoski 2002, Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster and Lane 1967
Sister taxa: Abrotocrinus, Dinotocrinus, Disgregacrinus, Exochocrinus, Hylodecrinus, Microcaracrinus, Snowycrinus
Subtaxa: Agnostocrinus ornatus Agnostocrinus typus
Type: Agnostocrinus typus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Nevada, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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