Eomyelodactylus sparteus Ausich and Copper 2010 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Myelodactylidae

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

Belongs to Eomyelodactylus according to W. I. Ausich and P. Copper 2010

Sister taxa: Eomyelodactylus donovani, Eomyelodactylus foerstei, Eomyelodactylus springeri

Type specimen: Its type locality is 1.4 m Hickory Cornrs Memb Somerset RR cut, which is in an Aeronian marine horizon in the Reynales Formation of New York

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (4: Quebec collections), United States (3: New York)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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