Comatulina Orbigny 1852 (Feather star)

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

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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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