Crinoidea - Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Parent taxon: Botryocrinidae according to G. C. McIntosh 1984
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Cosmocrinus, Fragucrinus, Gastrocrinus, Gothocrinus, Imitatocrinus, Jahnocrinus, Myosocrinus, Parabotryocrinus, Rhadinocrinus, Sigambrocrinus, Situlacrinus
Subtaxa: Costalocrinus conkini Costalocrinus consolidatus Costalocrinus cornutus Costalocrinus dilatatus Costalocrinus helenae Costalocrinus ibericus Costalocrinus rex Costalocrinus sentosus Costalocrinus thymos
Type: Costalocrinus dilatatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (7: Kentucky, Tennessee collections)
• Couvinien of Germany (1), United States (1: Kentucky)
• Devonian of Canada (3: Ontario), Germany (2), Spain (1), United States (25: Indiana, Kentucky, New York)
Total: 40 collections including 47 occurrences
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