Barycrinus Meeke and Worthen 1868 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cladida - Botryocrinidae

Parent taxon: Botryocrinidae according to G. C. McIntosh 1984

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ancyrocrinus, Botryocrinus, Cosmocrinus, Costalocrinus, Fragucrinus, Gastrocrinus, Gothocrinus, Imitatocrinus, Jahnocrinus, Mastigocrinus, Myosocrinus, Parabotryocrinus, Rhadinocrinus, Sigambrocrinus, Situlacrinus

Subtaxa: Barycrinus spurius

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Type: Barycrinus spurius

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (75: Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee collections)

Total: 75 collections including 129 occurrences

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