Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Phyllocrinidae

Synonyms: Phyllocrinus checchiai Serra 1933, Phyllocrinus hoheneggeri Zittel 1870, Phyllocrinus picteti Loriol 1879

Belongs to Phyllocrinus according to H. W. Rasmussen 1961

See also Hess and Messing 2011 and Pisera and Dzik 1979

Sister taxa: Phyllocrinus belbekensis, Phyllocrinus brassovianus, Phyllocrinus colloti, Phyllocrinus fenestratus, Phyllocrinus gracilis, Phyllocrinus helveticus, Phyllocrinus oosteri, Phyllocrinus sabaudianus, Phyllocrinus stellaris, Phyllocrinus voultensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Berriasian stratotype -beds 191-196 (Cretaceous of France)

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