†Rautangaroa Baumiller and Fordyce 2018 (Feather star)
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Crinoidea - Comatulida - Conometridae
Full reference: T. K. Baumiller and R. E. Fordyce. 2018. Rautangaroa, a new genus of feather star (Echinodermata, Crinoidea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 92(5):872-882
Parent taxon: Conometridae according to T. K. Baumiller and R. E. Fordyce 2018
Sister taxa: Amphorometra, Bruennichometra, Conometra, Cypelometra, Moanametra, Vicetiametra
Subtaxa: Rautangaroa aotearoa
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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