Hormocrinus (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae

Parent taxon: Nipterocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich and P. Copper 2010

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cholocrinus, Nipterocrinus, Pycnosaccus

Subtaxa: Hormocrinus quebecensis Hormocrinus tennesseensis

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Type: Centrocrinus tennesseensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at East Point Member, Anticosti (Silurian of Quebec)

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