Eperisocrinus Burke 1977 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Erisocrinidae

Full reference: J. J. Burke. 1977. Eperisocrinus new genus (Crinoidea, Inadunata): type species Delocrinus missouriensis Miller and Gurley, 1890. Ohio Journal of Science 77(4):174-178

Parent taxon: Erisocrinidae according to J. J. Burke 1977

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Erisocrinus, Exaetocrinus, Neoprotencrinus, Parallelocrinus, Sinocrinus

Subtaxa: Eperisocrinus missouriensis

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Type: Delocrinus missouriensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kansas City, quarry at 33d and Roanoke St., Frisbie Limestone (Carboniferous of Missouri)

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