Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae
Alternative combination: Roveacrinus alata
Synonyms: Roveacrinus carinatus Nekvasilová and Prokop 1963, Roveacrinus pentagonus Peck 1943
Belongs to Roveacrinus according to J. Žítt et al. 2019
See also Hess and Messing 2011 and Rasmussen 1961
Sister taxa: Roveacrinus bairstowi, Roveacrinus communis, Roveacrinus distinctus, Roveacrinus euglypheus, Roveacrinus geinitzi, Roveacrinus multisignatus, Roveacrinus occultus, Roveacrinus pyramidalis, Roveacrinus rugosus, Roveacrinus spinalatus, Roveacrinus spinosus
Type specimens:
- Roveacrinus alatus: BMNH E-45704, a calyx
- Roveacrinus carinatus:
- Roveacrinus pentagonus:
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Czechia (1 collection), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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