Priscillacrinus elegans Cole et al. 2018 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Anthracocrinidae

Full reference: S. R. Cole, W. I. Ausich, D. F. Wright and J. M. Koniecki. 2018. An echinoderm Lagerstätte from the Upper Ordovician (Katian), Ontario: taxonomic re-evaluation and description of new dicyclic camerate crinoids. Journal of Paleontology 1-18

Belongs to Priscillacrinus according to S. R. Cole et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMMP 74678.1, a calyx. Its type locality is LaFarge Quarry, Bobcaygeon-Verulam contact zone, which is in a Katian shallow subtidal wackestone/siltstone in the Bobcaygeon-Verulam Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LaFarge Quarry, Bobcaygeon-Verulam contact zone

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