Euspirocrinus Angelin 1878 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Euspirocrinidae

Parent taxon: Euspirocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich and P. Copper 2010

See also Ausich et al. 2019, Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Ampheristocrinus, Anaglyptocrinus, Caelocrinus, Eoparisocrinus, Manocrinus, Necopinocrinus, Simcoecrinus, Vasocrinus, Zygotocrinus, Parisocrinus

Subtaxa: Euspirocrinus gagnoni Euspirocrinus hintsae Euspirocrinus spiralis

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Type: Euspirocrinus spiralis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Estonia (1), Sweden (3), United States (7: New York, Ohio, Oklahoma)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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