Palaeocomaster Gislen 1924 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Solanocrinitidae

Parent taxon: Solanocrinitidae according to H. Hess 2012

See also Hess and Messing 2011, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Andymetra, Archaeometra, Comatulina, Pachyantedon, Solanocrinites

Subtaxa: Palaeocomaster angelini Palaeocomaster guirandi Palaeocomaster messingi

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Type: Actinometra guirandi

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at La Pouza farmhouse (Jurassic of France)

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