Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Alternative combination: Platycrinus 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 Platycrinites according to R. S. Bassler and M. W. Moodey 1943
See also Hall 1861
Sister taxa: Platycrinites bedfordensis, Platycrinites burkei, Platycrinites burlingtonensis, Platycrinites contritus, Platycrinites crokeri, Platycrinites graphicus, Platycrinites halos, Platycrinites illinoisensis, Platycrinites irroratus, Platycrinites laevis, Platycrinites langbaensis, Platycrinites lodensis, Platycrinites nikondaense, Platycrinites peculiaris, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti, Platycrinus annosus
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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