Neoprotencrinus anyangensis Mao et al. 2018 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Erisocrinidae

Full reference: Y. Y. Mao, G. D. Webster, W. I. Ausich, Y. Li, Q. L. Wang and M. Reich. 2018. A new crinoid fauna from the Taiyuan Formation (early Permian) of Henan, North China. Journal of Paleontology 92:1066-1080

Belongs to Neoprotencrinus according to Y. Y. Mao et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 166464, a calyx. Its type locality is Tianxi Village, Shanying Town, which is in an Asselian marine siltstone in the Taiyuan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tianxi Village, Shanying Town

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