Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Full reference: C. A. White. 1862. Description of new species of fossils from the Devonian and Carboniferous rocks of the Mississippi Valley. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9:8-33
Belongs to Cyathocrinites according to C. A. White 1862
Sister taxa: Cyathocrinites asperrimus, Cyathocrinites barrisi, Cyathocrinites barydactylus, Cyathocrinites chouteauensis, Cyathocrinites deroseari, Cyathocrinites farleyi, Cyathocrinites gilesi, Cyathocrinites harrodi, Cyathocrinites iowensis, Cyathocrinites kelloggi, Cyathocrinites lamellosus, Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus, Cyathocrinites planus, Cyathocrinites ramosus, Cyathocrinites sampsoni, Cyathocrinites simplex, Cyathocrinus indicus, Cyathocrinus kattaensis, Cyathocrinus lamellosus, Cyathocrinus goliathus, Cyathocrinus virgalensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyathocrinites rigidus in the database
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