†Eopetalocrinus Li 1993 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Petalocrinidae
Li, L.Z., 1993. Discovery of Eopetalocrinus (gen. nov.) in Lower Ordovician Dawan
Formation at Liujiachang, Songzi, Hubei and its significance. Oil and Gas
Geology 14 (4), 272278 (in Chinese). As cited in Mao et al. 2015.
Parent taxon: Petalocrinidae according to Y. Y. Mao et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Petalocrinus, Sinopetalocrinus, Spirocrinus, Vadarocrinus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Eopetalocrinus from Zitai Fmn, Yangtze Platform (Ordovician of China)
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