†Comatulina Orbigny 1852 (Feather star)
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Crinoidea - Comatulida - Solanocrinitidae
Alternative spelling: Solanocrinites (Comatulina)
Parent taxon: Solanocrinitidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Andymetra, Archaeometra, Pachyantedon, Palaeocomaster, Solanocrinites
Subtaxa: Comatulina batalleri Comatulina costata Solanocrinites (Comatulina) gevreyi Solanocrinites (Comatulina) gillieroni Solanocrinites (Comatulina) infracretaceus Solanocrinites (Comatulina) janenschi
Type: Comatulina costata
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality 2, Serre de Bleyton (Cretaceous of France)
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