Aphelecrinus gracilis Kammer and Roeser 2012 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cladida

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 Aphelecrinus according to T. W. Kammer and E. W. Roeser 2012

Sister taxa: Aphelecrinus elegans, Aphelecrinus tensus

Type specimen: CMNH 5718-26

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lodi, Meadville Shale (Carboniferous of Ohio)

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