†family Plicodendrocrinidae Jell 1999 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cladida - Plicodendrocrinidae

Parent taxon: Articuliformes according to W. I. Ausich and M. E. Cournoyer 2019

See also Ausich and Copper 2010

Sister taxon: Botryocrinidae

Subtaxa: Plicodendrocrinus

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Type: Plicodendrocrinus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec)

• Ordovician of Canada (6: Ontario, Quebec), United States (11: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio)

Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences

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