Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Full reference: T. W. Kammer and E. W. Roeser. 2012. Cladid crinoids from the Late Kinderhookian Meadville Shale, Cuyahoga Formation of Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 86(3):470-487
Belongs to Cyathocrinites according to T. W. Kammer and E. W. Roeser 2012
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 rigidus, Cyathocrinites sampsoni, Cyathocrinus indicus, Cyathocrinus goliathus, Cyathocrinus lamellosus, Cyathocrinus virgalensis, Cyathocrinus kattaensis
Type specimen: CMCIP 46159. Its type locality is Richfield Township, Meadville Shale, James Hall's crinoid locality, which is in a Kinderhookian open shallow subtidal siltstone/shale in the Cuyahoga Formation of Ohio.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Ohio collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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