Habrotecrinus Guensburg and Sprinkle 2003 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Habrotecrinidae

Full reference: T. E. Guensburg and J. Sprinkle. 2003. The oldest known crinoids (Early Ordovician, Utah) and a new crinoid plate homology system. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364:1-43

Parent taxon: Habrotecrinidae according to T. E. Guensburg and J. Sprinkle 2003

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Habrotecrinus ibexensis

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Type: Habrotecrinus ibexensis

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Guen section, 3 km north of SQ section (Ordovician of Utah)

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