Macrostylocrinus wyomingensis Kolata 1976 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Patelliocrinidae

Full reference: D. R. Kolata. 1976. Crinoids from the Upper Ordovician Bighorn Formation of Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 50(3):444-453

Belongs to Macrostylocrinus according to D. R. Kolata 1976

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UI X-5190. Its type locality is Bighorn Formation Crinoids, which is in a Maysvillian deep subtidal limestone in the Bighorn Dolomite Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bighorn Formation Crinoids

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