†Gissocrinus Angelin 1878 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Parent taxon: Cyathocrinitidae according to R. J. Willink 1979
See also Ramsbottom 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Conicocyathocrinites, Cyathocrinites, Cyathocrinus, Ichthyocrinus, Levicyathocrinites, Meniscocrinus, Occiducrinus, Rugosocyathocrinites
Subtaxa: Gissocrinus ludensis Gissocrinus voiseyi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections)
• Devonian of Germany (2)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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