†Pentacrinus asteriscus Meek and Hayden 1858 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Belongs to Pentacrinus according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915
Sister taxa: Pentacrinus alternicirrus, Pentacrinus amoenus, Pentacrinus ariakensis, Pentacrinus bavaricus, Pentacrinus crassus, Pentacrinus decorus, Pentacrinus fuchsii, Pentacrinus muelleri, Pentacrinus shahuensis, Pentacrinus shastensis, Pentacrinus subcrenatus, Pentacrinus tirolensis, Pentacrinus tuberculatus, Pentacrinus whitei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (4: Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Triassic of United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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