Palaeocrinus Billings 1859 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Porocrinida

Parent taxon: Porocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich 1998

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Carabocrinus, Illemocrinus, Porocrinus, Triboloporus

Subtaxa: Palaeocrinus angulatus

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec collection)

• Ordovician of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec), United States (8: Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee)

Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences

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