Cupulocrinus polydactylus Shumard 1858 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Flexibilia - Cupulocrinidae

Full reference: B. F. Shumard. 1858. Description of new fossil Crinoidea from the Palaeozoic rocks of the western and southern portions of the United States. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 1:71-80

Belongs to Cupulocrinus according to B. F. Shumard 1858

Sister taxa: Cupulocrinus angustatus, Cupulocrinus canaliculatus, Cupulocrinus crossmani, Cupulocrinus heterocostalis, Cupulocrinus humilis, Cupulocrinus jewetti, Cupulocrinus latibrachiatus, Cupulocrinus levorsoni, Cupulocrinus sepulchrum

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cupulocrinus polydactylus in the database

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