Crinoidea - Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Full reference: G. D. Webster, J. A. Waters, Z. T. Liao and C. G. Maples. 2009. New Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) echinoderms from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, western China. Palaeoworld 18:241-250
Belongs to Synbathocrinus according to G. D. Webster et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Synbathocrinus campanulatus, Synbathocrinus chenae, Synbathocrinus constrictus, Synbathocrinus cretensis, Synbathocrinus yaoi
Type specimen: NIGP 149157, a calyx. Its type locality is Taoshuyuan, which is in a Moscovian shallow subtidal grainstone/packstone in the Aoertu Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Taoshuyuan
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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