Metichthyocrinus (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Flexibilia

Alternative spelling: Methichtyocrinus

Parent taxon: Flexibilia according to E. B. Krivicich et al. 2014

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Cupulocrinidae, Edriocrinidae, Icthyocrinus, Pinnata, Sagenocrinida, Taxocrinida, Taxocrinoidea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (7: Kentucky, Tennessee collections)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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