Platycrinites irroratus Moore and Jeffords 1968 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae

Full reference: R. C. Moore and R. M. Jeffords. 1968. Echinodermata. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 46(9):1-86

Belongs to Platycrinites according to R. C. Moore and R. M. Jeffords 1968

Sister taxa: Platycrinites bedfordensis, Platycrinites burkei, Platycrinites burlingtonensis, Platycrinites contritus, Platycrinites crokeri, Platycrinites graphicus, Platycrinites halos, Platycrinites illinoisensis, Platycrinites laevis, Platycrinites langbaensis, Platycrinites lodensis, Platycrinites nikondaense, Platycrinites parvinodus, Platycrinites peculiaris, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti, Platycrinus annosus

Type specimen: USNM *Mec395, a skeleton

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platycrinites irroratus in the database

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