Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Parent taxon: Taxocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Ausich and Copper 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Eutaxocrinus, Gnorimocrinus, Ladacrinus, Parichthyocrinus, Taxocrinus
Subtaxa: Protaxocrinus elegans Protaxocrinus laevis Protaxocrinus paraios Protaxocrinus sideros
Type: Taxocrinus ovalis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (9: Ontario, Quebec collections), the Czech Republic (2), United States (4: New York, West Virginia)
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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