†Polusocrinus Strimple 1951 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Aesiocrinidae
Parent taxon: Aesiocrinidae according to G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 2007
See also Lane 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adacrinus, Aesiocrinus, Elassocrinus, Lecobasicrinus, Moundocrinus, Paracymbiocrinus
Subtaxa: Polusocrinus amplus Polusocrinus calyculoides Polusocrinus pachyplax Polusocrinus rosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Nevada collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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