Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae
Synonyms: Encrina Bronn 1848, Jenaicrinus Jaekel 1918
Parent taxon: Encrinidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Hagdorn 1986 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cassianocrinus, Chelocrinus, Zardinicrinus
Subtaxa: Encrinus aculeatus Encrinus greppini Encrinus hyatti Encrinus liliiformis Encrinus wagneri
Type: Encrinus liliiformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4), China (24), France (1), Germany (11), Greece (1), Hungary (4), Italy (7), New Zealand (4), Poland (2), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 65 collections including 73 occurrences
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