Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Alternative combination: Platycrinites peculiaris
Full reference: C. Wachsmuth and F. Springer. 1897. The North American Crinoidea Camerata. Harvard College Museum of Comparative Zoology, Memoir 20-21:1-897
Belongs to Platycrinus according to C. Wachsmuth and F. Springer 1897
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 parvinodus, Platycrinus illinoisensis
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (6: New Mexico collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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