Botryocrinus Angelin 1878 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cladida

Parent taxon: Cyathoformes according to D. F. Wright 2017

See also Laudon 1936, Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Barycrinus, Cromyocrinoidea, Cyathocrinida, Dendrocrinida, Erisocrinoidea, Lophocrinoidea, Poteriocrinida, Scytalocrinoidea, Texacrinoidea

Subtaxa: Botryocrinus ramosissimus Botryocrinus thomasi

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Type: Botryocrinus ramosissimus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of France (3 collections), United States (4: Iowa, New York, Ohio)

• Silurian of Czechia (1), Sweden (1), United States (12: Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee)

Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences

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