Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Full reference: W. I. Ausich and E. W. Roeser. 2012. Camerate and disparid crinoids from the late Kinderhookian Meadville Shale, Cuyahoga Formation of Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 86(3):488-507
Belongs to Platycrinites according to W. I. Ausich and E. W. Roeser 2012
Sister taxa: Platycrinites bedfordensis, Platycrinites burlingtonensis, Platycrinites contritus, 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: CMCH 5585a. 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:
• 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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