Monachocrinus Clark 1919 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bathycrinidae

Parent taxon: Bathycrininae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

See also Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bathycrinus, Cingocrinus, Discolocrinus, Naumachocrinus

Subtaxa: Monachocrinus gallicus Monachocrinus regnelli Monachocrinus sexradiatus

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Type: Monachocrinus sexradiatus

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Zeven Wegen, Gulpen, Haccourt (Cretaceous of Belgium)

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