Osteocrinus aghdarbandensis Kristan-Tollmann 1991 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Somphocrinidae

Belongs to Osteocrinus according to E. Kristan-Tollmann 1991

Sister taxa: Osteocrinus glaber, Osteocrinus rectus, Osteocrinus rimosus, Osteocrinus sinensis, Osteocrinus spinosus, Osteocrinus virgatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Faqir Marl Bed, Aghdarband, Khorassan, which is in a Ladinian deep subtidal shale in the Sina Formation of Iran

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Faqir Marl Bed, Aghdarband, Khorassan

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