Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Euspirocrinidae
Parent taxon: Ampheristocrinidae according to B.N. Haugh 1979
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampheristocrinus, Anaglyptocrinus, Caelocrinus, Eoparisocrinus, Euspirocrinus, Manocrinus, Necopinocrinus, Simcoecrinus, Vasocrinus, Zygotocrinus
Subtaxa: Parisocrinus conicus Parisocrinus mulletensis Parisocrinus nodosus Parisocrinus perplexus Parisocrinus siluricus
Type: Poteriocrinites perplexus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Indiana, Kentucky collections)
• Devonian of China (1), the Czech Republic (2), Mongolia (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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