Hypselocrinus pleias Hall 1863 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Alternative combination: Poteriocrinus pleias

Belongs to Hypselocrinus according to E. Kirk 1940

Sister taxa: Hypselocrinus arcanus, Hypselocrinus boonvillensis, Hypselocrinus calyculus, Hypselocrinus cavus, Hypselocrinus defendus, Hypselocrinus douglassi, Hypselocrinus hoveyi, Hypselocrinus maccabei, Hypselocrinus macrodactylus, Hypselocrinus neglectus, Hypselocrinus superus, Hypselocrinus tethys

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. A-9448, Andy Hills, Cottonwood Range (Carboniferous of California)

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