Prolecythiocrinus Arendt 1970 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Gasterocomidae

Full reference: Y.u. A. Arendt. 1970. Morskie lilii gipokrinidy. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 128:1-220

Parent taxon: Gasterocomidae according to Yu. A. Arendt 1970

Sister taxa: Bouskacrinus, Gasterocoma, Kopficrinus, Lecythocrinus, Mictocrinus, Myrtillocrinus, Nanocrinus, Schultzicrinus, Scoliocrinus

Subtaxa: Prolecythiocrinus problematicus

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Type: Lecythiocrinus problematicus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Stiptocrinus-Laurelocrinus Assoc., Laurel Limestone Unit 4, SE Indiana (Silurian of Indiana)

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