Becsciecrinus Ausich and Copper 2010 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae

Full reference: W. I. Ausich and P. Copper. 2010. The Crinoidea of Anticosti Island, Quebec (Late Ordovician to Early Silurian). Palaeontographica Canadiana (29)1-157

Parent taxon: Dimerocrinitidae according to W. I. Ausich and M. E. Cournoyer 2019

See also Ausich and Copper 2010

Sister taxa: Allozygocrinus, Ambicocrinus, Cybelecrinus, Cyphocrinus, Dimerocrinites, Eodimerocrinites, Eudimerocrinus, Euptychocrinus, Griphocrinus, Hiiumaacrinus, Macarocrinus, Nexocrinus, Oepikicrinus, Pterinocrinus, Ptychocrinus, Shidianocrinus

Subtaxa: Becsciecrinus adonis Becsciecrinus groulxi

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Type: Becsciecrinus adonis

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (3: Quebec collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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