Platycion 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

Parent taxon: Platycrinitidae according to R. C. Moore and R. M. Jeffords 1968

Sister taxa: Brahmacrinus, Camptocrinus, Chinacrinus, Collicrinus, Elegantocrinus, Eucladocrinus, Neoplatycrinus, Oenochoacrinus, Platyclonus, Platycrinites, Platyparallelus, Platyplateium, Platystela, Plemnocrinus, Pleurocrinus

Subtaxa: Platycion mingusensis

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Type: Platycion mingusensis

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platycion in the database

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