Atractocrinus Kirk 1948 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae

Parent taxon: Dendrocrinidae according to G. Ubaghs et al. 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aetocrinus, Alsopocrinus, Bactrocrinites, Brechmocrinus, Compagicrinus, Dendrocrinus, Elpasocrinus, Esthonocrinus, Grenprisia, Laurucrinus, Ottawacrinus, Parisangulocrinus, Plicodendrocrinus, Rozhnovicrinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 4 (Wanakah Shale, Lake Erie shore, NY) (Devonian of New York)

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