†Cnemecrinus Guensburg and Sprinkle 2003 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Camerata - Reteocrinidae
Full reference: T. E. Guensburg and J. Sprinkle. 2003. The oldest known crinoids (Early Ordovician, Utah) and a new crinoid plate homology system. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364:1-43
Parent taxon: Reteocrinidae according to T. E. Guensburg and J. Sprinkle 2003
Sister taxa: Gaurocrinus, Quechuacrinus, Reteocrinus
Subtaxa: Cnemecrinus fillmorensis
Type: Cnemecrinus fillmorensis
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at trilobite zone G-2, Hintze C section, Ibex area (Ordovician of Utah)
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