Dendrocrinus simcoensis Wright et al. 2019 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae

Full reference: D. F. Wright, S. R. Cole, and W. I. Ausich. 2019. Biodiversity, systematics, and new taxa of cladid crinoids from the Ordovician Brechin Lagerstätte. Journal of Paleontology

Belongs to Dendrocrinus according to D. F. Wright et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Dendrocrinus acutidactylus, Dendrocrinus latibrachiatus, Dendrocrinus leptos, Dendrocrinus longidactylus, Dendrocrinus minutus, Dendrocrinus tener

Type specimen: UMMP 74769, a calyx. Its type locality is Tomlinson Quarry, Upper Bobcaygeon Fm., which is in a Katian open shallow subtidal wackestone/siltstone in the Bobcaygeon Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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