Eopetalocrinus Li 1993 (Sea lily)

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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