Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae

Alternative combination: Platycrinites ellesmerense

Full reference: T. W. Broadhead and H. L. Strimple. 1977. Permian platycrinitid crinoids from Arctic North America. Canadian Journal Earth Science 14:1166-1175

Belongs to Pleurocrinus according to G. D. Webster et al. 2025

See also Broadhead and Strimple 1977

Sister taxa: Pleurocrinus depressus, Pleurocrinus formosus, Pleurocrinus globosus, Pleurocrinus goldfussi, Pleurocrinus omanensis, Pleurocrinus quinquenodus, Pleurocrinus spectabilis

Type specimen: GSC 34066, a calyx. Its type locality is East Cape, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Capitanian marine siliciclastic in the Trold Fiord Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at East Cape, Ellesmere Island

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