†Nucleocrinus Conrad 1842 (blastoid)
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Blastoidea - Nucleocrinida - Nucleocrinidae
Parent taxon: Nucleocrinidae according to J.A. Waters and A.S. Horowitz 1993
See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Elaeacrinus, Placoblastus
Subtaxa: Nucleocrinus bosei Nucleocrinus elegans Nucleocrinus obovatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (8: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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