Full reference: E. Kirk. 1940. Seven new genera of Carboniferous Crinoidea Inadunata. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 30:321-334
Parent taxon: Articuliformes according to Wright 2017
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Webster et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinus, Agassizocrinus, Amabilicrinus, Ampelocrinus, Anobasicrinus, Aphelecrinus, Arkacrinus, Basleocrinus, Botryocrinidae, Bursacrinus, Cadocrinus, Calceolispongia, Cercidocrinus, Clathrocrinus, Corematocrinus, Corythocrinus, Cricocrinus, Cromyocrinus, Cupressocrinites, Cymbiocrinus, Decadocrinus, Delocrinus, Diphuicrinus, Eupachycrinus, Exocrinus, Galateacrinus, Glossocrinus, Graphiocrinus, Hydreionocrinus, Laudonocrinus, Lophocrinus, Pachylocrinus, Paradelocrinus, Pelecocrinus, Phanocrinus, Pirasocrinus, Plicodendrocrinidae, Rhenocrinus, Rutkowskicrinus, Scotiacrinus, Scytalocrinus, Sellardsicrinus, Sostronocrinus, Spaniocrinus, Stachyocrinus, Staphylocrinus, Stellarocrinus, Sundacrinus, Texacrinus, Timorechinus, Tribrachyocrinus, Trimerocrinus, Zeacrinites
Subtaxa: Blothrocrinus cultidactylus Blothrocrinus jesupi Blothrocrinus spartarius Blothrocrinus swallowi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Iran (1 collection), United States (3: Iowa, Kentucky)
• Devonian of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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