Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae

Full reference: C. N. Ciampaglio, S. K. Donovan, and P. G. Weaver. 2007. A new bourgueticrinid (Crinoidea) from the Castle Hayne Formation (Eocene) of southeastern North Carolina, USA. Swiss Journal of Geoscience 100:243-249

Belongs to Democrinus according to C. N. Ciampaglio et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Democrinus braueri, Democrinus brevis, Democrinus chuni, Democrinus dubius, Democrinus gisleni, Democrinus maximus, Democrinus parfaiti

Type specimen: NCSM 9582. Its type locality is Castle Hayne Phosphate Works (Castle Hayne LS, N. Carolina), which is in a Bartonian marine wackestone/grainstone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Castle Hayne Phosphate Works (Castle Hayne LS, N. Carolina)

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