Cydrocrinus Kirk 1940 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Amabilicrinidae

Full reference: E. Kirk. 1940. Seven new genera of Carboniferous Crinoidea Inadunata. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 30:321-334

Parent taxon: Amabilicrinidae according to G. D. Webster et al. 2003

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amabilicrinus, Bufalocrinus, Derorhethocrinus, Gilmocrinus, Guilinocrinus, Hallocrinus, Moroccocrinus, Mrakibocrinus

Subtaxa: Cydrocrinus concinnus Cydrocrinus coxanus Cydrocrinus subramulosus

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Type: Poteriocrinus coxanus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Muldraugh Member, Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Carboniferous of Kentucky)

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