Petalocrinus bifidus Fearnhead and Donovan 2006 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Petalocrinidae

Full reference: F. E. Fearnhead and S. K. Donovan. 2006. New crinoids (Echinodermata) from the Llandovery (Lower Silurian) of the British Isles. Palaeontology 50(4):905-915

Belongs to Petalocrinus according to F. E. Fearnhead and S. K. Donovan 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Littlehope, Woolhope Inlier, Woolhope Inlier, which is in a Rhuddanian intrashelf/intraplatform reef limestone in the Haugh Wood Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Near Littlehope, Woolhope Inlier, Woolhope Inlier

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