Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Alternative combination: Platycrinus 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 Platycrinites according to R. S. Bassler and M. W. Moodey 1943
See also Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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 parvinodus, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti, Platycrinus annosus
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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