Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Alternative combination: Platycrinus illinoisensis
Full reference: S. A. Miller and W.F.E. Gurley. 1896. New species of crinoids from Illinois and other states. Illinois State Museum Bulletin 9:1-66
Belongs to Platycrinites according to R. S. Bassler and M. W. Moodey 1943
See also Miller and Gurley 1896
Sister taxa: Platycrinites bedfordensis, Platycrinites burkei, Platycrinites burlingtonensis, Platycrinites contritus, Platycrinites crokeri, Platycrinites graphicus, Platycrinites halos, Platycrinites irroratus, Platycrinites laevis, Platycrinites langbaensis, Platycrinites lodensis, Platycrinites nikondaense, Platycrinites parvinodus, Platycrinites peculiaris, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti, Platycrinus annosus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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