Semiometra barremiensis Jäger 2010 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Notocrinidae

Full reference: M. Jäger. 2010. Crinoids from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Serre de Bleyton (Drôme, SE France). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 112:733-774

Belongs to Semiometra according to M. Jäger 2010

Sister taxa: Semiometra alveoradiata, Semiometra annulata, Semiometra bohemica, Semiometra courvillensis, Semiometra impressa, Semiometra klari, Semiometra lenticularis, Semiometra pusilla, Semiometra rosacea, Semiometra rowei, Semiometra saskiae, Semiometra scanica, Semiometra stellata

Type specimen: NHMW no. 2009z0180/0045. Its type locality is Locality 2, Serre de Bleyton, which is in a Barremian slope marl in France.

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 2, Serre de Bleyton

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