†Uintacrinus socialis Grinnell 1876 (Feather star)
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Crinoidea - Comatulida - Uintacrinidae
Synonym: Uintacrinus westfalicus Schlüter 1878
Belongs to Uintacrinus according to H. W. Rasmussen 1961
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Hess and Messing 2011
Sister taxon: Uintacrinus anglicus
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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