Plotocrinus Peck 1943 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae

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

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

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

Subtaxa: Plotocrinus hemisphericus Plotocrinus inornatus Plotocrinus modulatus Plotocrinus porcatus Plotocrinus primitivus Plotocrinus rashallae

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Type: Plotocrinus hemisphericus

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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