Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Amabilicrinidae
Full reference: G. D. Webster, C. G. Maples, R. Mawson and M. Dastanpour. 2003. A cladid-dominated Early Mississippian crinoid and conodont fauna from Kerman Province, Iran and revision of the glossocrinids and rhenocrinids. Journal of Paleontology 77(sp60):1-37
Parent taxon: Amabilicrinidae according to G. D. Webster et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Amabilicrinus, Bufalocrinus, Cydrocrinus, Gilmocrinus, Guilinocrinus, Hallocrinus, Moroccocrinus, Mrakibocrinus
Subtaxa: Derorhethocrinus elongatus
Type: Derorhethocrinus elongatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Iran (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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