†Somphocrinus Peck 1943 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Somphocrinidae
Synonym: Vasculicrinus Donofrio and Mostler 1975
Full reference: R. E. Peck. 1943. A Triassic crinoid from Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 17(5):81-84
Parent taxon: Somphocrinidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Peck 1943, Sepkoski 2002 and Simms 1990
Sister taxa: Ossicrinus, Osteocrinus
Subtaxa: Somphocrinus inflatus Somphocrinus mexicanus
Type: Somphocrinus mexicanus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Norway (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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