Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Alternative spelling: Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus)
Synonyms: Margocrinus, Terocrinus
Parent taxon: Balanocrininae according to H. Hess and A. S. Gale 2010
See also Hess 2012, Hess and Messing 2011, Jäger 1985, Oppenheim 1902, Pisera and Dzik 1979, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Laevigatocrinus, Papacrinus, Percevalicrinus, Singularocrinus
Subtaxa: Balanocrinus cubensis Balanocrinus dumortieri Balanocrinus gillieroni Balanocrinus infrasilvensis Balanocrinus inornatus Balanocrinus moniliferus Balanocrinus pacomei Balanocrinus pentagonalis Balanocrinus quiaiosensis Balanocrinus senonensis Balanocrinus smithi Balanocrinus subsulcatus Balanocrinus subteres Balanocrinus valettei
Type: Pentacrinites subteres
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Hungary (2), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), France (19), Germany (17), Poland (8), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (3), Switzerland (7), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (13)
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (18), Iran (2)
Total: 98 collections including 112 occurrences
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