Pentamerocrinus kosovi Rozhnov 2016 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Inadunata - Pentamerocrinidae

Full reference: S. V. Rozhnov. 2016. Aboral nervous system in two Ordovician crinoids: Reconstruction and comparison of Baltic Pentamerocrinus Jaekel and Grammocrinus Eichwald. Paleontological Journal 50(2):163-173

Belongs to Pentamerocrinus according to S. V. Rozhnov 2016

Sister taxon: Pentamerocrinus praematurus

Type specimen: PIN, no. 4125/925. Its type locality is Volkhov River left bank, which is in a Darriwilian marine horizon in the Duboviki Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Volkhov River left bank

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