Barycrinus Meeke and Worthen 1868 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cladida

Parent taxon: Cyathoformes according to Wright 2017

See also McIntosh 1984 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Botryocrinus, Cromyocrinoidea, Cyathocrinida, Dendrocrinida, Erisocrinoidea, Lophocrinoidea, Poteriocrinida, Scytalocrinoidea, Texacrinoidea

Subtaxa: Barycrinus rhombiferus Barycrinus spurius

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Type: Barycrinus spurius

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (75: Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee collections)

Total: 75 collections including 129 occurrences

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