Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Alternative combinations: Margocrinus pentagonalis, Pentacrinites pentagonalis
Belongs to Balanocrinus according to H. Sulser 2010
See also Hess and Messing 2011
Sister taxa: Balanocrinus cubensis, Balanocrinus dumortieri, Balanocrinus gillieroni, Balanocrinus infrasilvensis, Balanocrinus inornatus, Balanocrinus moniliferus, Balanocrinus pacomei, Balanocrinus quiaiosensis, Balanocrinus senonensis, Balanocrinus smithi, Balanocrinus subsulcatus, Balanocrinus subteres, Balanocrinus valettei
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), France (2), Germany (1), Switzerland (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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