Iocrinus llandegleyi Botting 2003 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae

Full reference: J. P. Botting. 2003. Llanvirn (Middle Ordovician) echinoderms from Llandegley Rocks, Central Wales. Palaeontology 46(4):685-708

Belongs to Iocrinus according to J. P. Botting 2003

Sister taxa: Iocrinus subcrassus, Iocrinus trentonensis, Iocrinus whitteryi

Type specimen: Its type locality is SW ridge of Llandegley Rocks, Powys, Wales, which is in a Llanvirn coastal sandstone/ash in the Builth Volcanic Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at SW ridge of Llandegley Rocks, Powys, Wales

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