Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Alternative combination: Platycrinites parvinodus
Full reference: J. Hall. 1861. Descriptions of new species of Crinoidea from the Carboniferous rocks of the Mississippi valley. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History 7:261-328
Belongs to Platycrinus according to J. Hall 1861
See also Bassler and Moodey 1943
Sister taxa: Platycrinites burlingtonensis, Platycrinites crokeri, Platycrinites ellesmerense, Platycrinites halos, Platycrinites irroratus, Platycrinites langbaensis, Platycrinites nikondaense, Platycrinites omanensis, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti, Platycrinus annosus, Platycrinus illinoisensis, Platycrinus peculiaris
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: New Mexico collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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