Nielsenicrinus ewaldi Jagt 1999 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Cainocrinidae

Full reference: J. Jagt. 1999. Late Cretaceous- Early Palaeogene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and northeast Belgium - Part 2: Crinoids. Scripta Geologica 116:59-255

Belongs to Nielsenicrinus according to J. Jagt 1999

Sister taxa: Nielsenicrinus agassizii, Nielsenicrinus carinatus, Nielsenicrinus chavannesi, Nielsenicrinus crassitabulatus, Nielsenicrinus cretaceus, Nielsenicrinus fionicus, Nielsenicrinus japonicus, Nielsenicrinus obsoletus, Nielsenicrinus rosenkrantzi, Nielsenicrinus waiteteensis

Type specimen: NHMM 1997029

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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