Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Synonyms: Formocrinus Pompeckj 1913, Rhizocrinus Sars , Tormocrinus Jaekel 1891
Parent taxon: Bourgueticrinidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Roux et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bourgueticrinus, Democrinus, Dunnicrinus
Subtaxa: Conocrinus cherbonnieri Conocrinus elongatus Conocrinus tauricus Conocrinus thorenti Conocrinus veronensis Rhizocrinus (Bythocrinus) Rhizocrinus cylindricus Rhizocrinus lofotensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (7 collections)
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey)
Total: 9 collections including 15 occurrences
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