Hyalocrinus Destombes 1985 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae

Parent taxon: Roveacrinidae according to A. Gale and B. Matrion 2021

See also Hess and Messing 2011 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Birgelenocrinus, Calvaticrinus, Discocrinus, Lebenharticrinus, Orthogonocrinus, Platelicrinus, Plotocrinus, Poecilocrinus, Roveacrinoides, Roveacrinus, Scotocrinus, Styracocrinus, Veugelersia

Subtaxa: Hyalocrinus bulliensis Hyalocrinus magniezii

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Type: Hyalocrinus bulliensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (4 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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