Muicrinus Lin et al. 2018 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae

Full reference: J. P. Lin, W. I. Ausich, A. Balinski, S. Bergström, and Y. L. Sun. 2018. The oldest iocrinid crinoids from the Early/Middle Ordovician of China: Possible paleogeographic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 151:324-333

Parent taxon: Iocrinidae according to J. P. Lin et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Caleidocrinus, Grammocrinus, Iocrinus, Peltacrinus, Ristnacrinus, Schaldichocrinus, Tornatilicrinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at South bank of Gudongkou Reservoir (Ordovician of China)

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