†family Jaekelometridae Hess and Messing 2011 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Jaekelometridae

Full reference: H. Hess and C. G. Messing. 2011. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T (Revised), Echinodermata 2, Crinoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology T(2)

Parent taxon: Comatulidina according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

Sister taxa: Antedonoidea, Atelecrinoidea, Atopocrinidae, Comatulidia, Mariametroidea, Microcrinus, Notocrinoidea, Paracomatulacea, Paracomatuloidea, Procomaster, Solanocrinitoidea, Tropiometroidea, Uintacrinoidea

Subtaxa: Jaekelometra

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Type: Jaekelometra

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), the Netherlands (5)

Total: 9 collections including 14 occurrences

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