Metacrinus Carpenter 1882 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae
Parent taxon: Metacrininae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Meyer and Oji 1993, Sepkoski 2002 and Stilwell et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Eometacrinus, Saracrinus
Subtaxa: Metacrinus fossilis Metacrinus wyvillei Metacrinus wyvillii
Type: Metacrinus wyvillei
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (1 collection)
• Eocene of Antarctica (12)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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