Synonym: Cupressocrinus Schulze 1866 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Articuliformes according to Wright 2017
See also Bohaty 2009, Sepkoski 2002, Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinus, Agassizocrinus, Amabilicrinus, Ampelocrinus, Anobasicrinus, Aphelecrinus, Arkacrinus, Basleocrinus, Blothrocrinus, Botryocrinidae, Bursacrinus, Cadocrinus, Calceolispongia, Cercidocrinus, Clathrocrinus, Corematocrinus, Corythocrinus, Cricocrinus, Cromyocrinus, 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: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), Czechia (1), Germany (3), the Russian Federation (6), Tajikistan (5), United States (1: Colorado), Vietnam (1)
Total: 21 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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