Amphorometra Gislén 1924 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Conometridae

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

See also Eagle 2009, Jagt 1999, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bruennichometra, Conometra, Cypelometra, Moanametra, Rautangaroa, Vicetiametra

Subtaxa: Amphorometra bellilensis Amphorometra bruennichi Amphorometra brydonei Amphorometra conoidea Amphorometra parva Amphorometra pyropa Amphorometra rugiana Amphorometra semiglobularis Amphorometra waitakiana

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Type: Glenotremites conoideus

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Waitakian of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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