†Hertha Hagenow 1840 (Feather star)
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Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae
Parent taxon: Heliometrinae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Eagle 2007, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allionia, Anthometrina, Comatonia, Florometra, Heliometra, Promachocrinus, Roiometra, Solanometra
Subtaxa: Hertha mystica Hertha otakauica Hertha plana Hertha pygmea
Type: Hertha mystica
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (4), Germany (1)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences
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