Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae
Synonyms: Drepanocrinus sessilis Jaekel 1921, Roveacrinus westfalicus Sieverts 1933
Belongs to Roveacrinus according to J. Žítt et al. 2019
See also Hess and Messing 2011 and Rasmussen 1961
Sister taxa: Roveacrinus alatus, Roveacrinus bairstowi, Roveacrinus distinctus, Roveacrinus euglypheus, Roveacrinus geinitzi, Roveacrinus multisignatus, Roveacrinus occultus, Roveacrinus pyramidalis, Roveacrinus rugosus, Roveacrinus spinalatus, Roveacrinus spinosus
Type specimens:
- Roveacrinus communis: BMNH E-45705
- Drepanocrinus sessilis:
- Roveacrinus westfalicus:
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Czechia (1 collection), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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