Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Full reference: D.D. Owen and B.F. Shumard. 1850. Descriptions of fifteen new species of Crinoidea from the Subcarboniferous limestone of Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota in the years 1848-1849. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ser. 2 2:57-70
Belongs to Cyathocrinites according to D.D. Owen and B.F. Shumard 1850
Sister taxa: Cyathocrinites asperrimus, Cyathocrinites barrisi, Cyathocrinites barydactylus, Cyathocrinites chouteauensis, Cyathocrinites deroseari, Cyathocrinites farleyi, Cyathocrinites gilesi, Cyathocrinites harrodi, Cyathocrinites kelloggi, Cyathocrinites lamellosus, Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus, Cyathocrinites planus, Cyathocrinites ramosus, Cyathocrinites rigidus, Cyathocrinites sampsoni, Cyathocrinites simplex, Cyathocrinus lamellosus, Cyathocrinus virgalensis, Cyathocrinus indicus, Cyathocrinus kattaensis, Cyathocrinus goliathus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (24: Kentucky, Tennessee collections)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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