†Uperocrinus kuesi Rhenberg and Kammer 2013 (Sea lily)
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Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Full reference: E. C. Rhenberg and T. W. Kammer. 2013. Camerate crinoids from the Nunn Member (Tournaisian, Osagean) of the Lower Mississippian Lake Valley Formation, New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 87(2):312-340
Belongs to Uperocrinus according to E. C. Rhenberg and T. W. Kammer 2013
Sister taxa: Uperocrinus nashvillae, Uperocrinus pyriformis, Uperocrinus robustus
Type specimen: UMMP 74071, a calyx
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Berenda Canyon, Black Range (Carboniferous of New Mexico)
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