Family Antedonidae Norman 1865 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae

Synonym: Palaeantedonidae Gislen 1924

Parent taxon: Antedonoidea according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

See also Eagle 2007 and Eagle 2009

Sister taxa: Pentametrocrinidae, Zenometridae

Subtaxa: Adelometra Anisometra Antedoninae Athrypsometra Balanometra Bathymetrinae Caryometra Cyclometra Eometra Heliometrinae Isometrinae Kempometra Leptometra Microcomatula Perometrinae Poliometra Thysanometrinae

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Type: Antedon

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Waitakian of New Zealand (4 collections)

• Eocene of France (1)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (4), Germany (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences

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