†family Metabolocrinidae Jaekel 1918 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Inadunata - Metabolocrinidae

Parent taxon: Inadunata according to D. F. Wright et al. 2019

See also Ausich 1998 and Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Cladida, Dicirrocrinus, Disparata, Disparida, Fistulata, Larviformia, Merocrinidae, Paractocrinidae, Passalocrinus, Pentamerocrinidae, Poteriocrinidae, Thuringocrinus

Subtaxa: Cyliocrinus Eopinnacrinus Konieckicrinus Metabolocrinus Pagecrinus

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Type: Metabolocrinus

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (1: Oklahoma)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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