†Petalocrinus Weller and Davidson 1896 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Petalocrinidae
Parent taxon: Petalocrinidae according to Y. Y. Mao et al. 2015
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eopetalocrinus, Sinopetalocrinus, Spirocrinus, Vadarocrinus
Subtaxa: Petalocrinus bifidus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), China (6), the United Kingdom (2), United States (14: Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
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