Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Alternative combination: Platycrinus contritus
Belongs to Platycrinites according to W. I. Ausich and E. W. Roeser 2012
See also Bassler and Moodey 1943
Sister taxa: Platycrinites bedfordensis, Platycrinites burkei, Platycrinites burlingtonensis, Platycrinites crokeri, Platycrinites graphicus, Platycrinites halos, Platycrinites illinoisensis, Platycrinites irroratus, Platycrinites laevis, Platycrinites langbaensis, Platycrinites lodensis, Platycrinites nikondaense, Platycrinites parvinodus, Platycrinites peculiaris, Platycrinites testudo, Platycrinites vexabilis, Platycrinites wachsmuthi, Platycrinites wrighti, Platycrinus annosus
Type specimen: 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 upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Richfield Township, Meadville Shale, James Hall's crinoid locality
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