†Marsupites Mantell 1821 (Feather star)
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Crinoidea - Comatulida - Marsupitidae
Synonyms: Marsupiocrinites de Blainville 1830, Sitularia Cumberland 1826
Parent taxon: Marsupitidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Marsupites lamberti Marsupites testudinarius
Type: Encrinites testudinarius
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (18: British Columbia collections), Poland (2), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences
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