Uintacrinus Grinnell 1876 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Uintacrinidae

Parent taxon: Uintacrinidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Uintacrinus anglicus Uintacrinus socialis

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Type: Uintacrinus socialis

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), France (1), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Kansas)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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