Parent taxon: Articuliformes according to Wright 2017
See also Kammer and Roeser 2012, Lane et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Strimple 1967
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinus, Agassizocrinus, Amabilicrinus, Ampelocrinus, Anobasicrinus, Arkacrinus, Basleocrinus, Blothrocrinus, Botryocrinidae, Bursacrinus, Cadocrinus, Calceolispongia, Cercidocrinus, Clathrocrinus, Corematocrinus, Corythocrinus, Cricocrinus, Cromyocrinus, Cupressocrinites, Cymbiocrinus, Delocrinus, Diphuicrinus, Eupachycrinus, Exocrinus, Galateacrinus, Glossocrinus, Graphiocrinus, Hydreionocrinus, Laudonocrinus, Lophocrinus, Paradelocrinus, Pelecocrinus, Phanocrinus, Pirasocrinus, Plicodendrocrinidae, Rhenocrinus, Rutkowskicrinus, Scotiacrinus, Scytalocrinus, Sellardsicrinus, Sostronocrinus, Spaniocrinus, Stachyocrinus, Staphylocrinus, Stellarocrinus, Sundacrinus, Texacrinus, Timorechinus, Tribrachyocrinus, Trimerocrinus, Zeacrinites
Subtaxa: Aphelecrinus elegans Aphelecrinus gracilis Aphelecrinus tensus
Type: Aphelecrinus elegans
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3 collections), United States (6: Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio)
Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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