†Merocrinus Walcott 1884 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Inadunata - Merocrinidae

Parent taxon: Merocrinidae according to J. C. Brower et al. 2024

See also Ausich 1998 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Polycrinus, Praecupulocrinus

Subtaxa: Merocrinus curtus

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Type: Dendrocrinus curtus

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Dobrotivian of Spain (1 collection)

• Ordovician of United States (173: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma)

Total: 174 collections including 176 occurrences

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