Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Full reference: R. C. Moore. 1967. Unique stalked crinoids from Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 17:1-35
Belongs to Dunnicrinus according to R. C. Moore 1967
See also Hess and Messing 2011
Sister taxon: Dunnicrinus aequalis
Type specimen: KUMIP KJA-6. Its type locality is Josey Creek, northwest of Starkville, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate siltstone in the Prairie Bluff Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Mississippi collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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