Family Bathycrinidae Bather 1899 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bathycrinidae

Synonym: Rhizocrinidae Jaekel 1894

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

See also Donovan 1994, Rasmussen 1961 and Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Bourgueticrinidae, Conocrinoidea, Phrynocrinidae, Septocrinidae

Subtaxa: Bathycrininae Caledonicrininae Paraconocrinus

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Type: Bathycrinus

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (3 collections)

• Eocene of Italy (2)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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