Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Full reference: E. Kirk. 1940. Seven new genera of Carboniferous Crinoidea Inadunata. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 30:321-334
Parent taxon: Scytalocrinidae according to G. D. Webster et al. 1999
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anemetocrinus, Atrapocrinus, Bollandocrinus, Corematocrinus, Haeretocrinus, Histocrinus, Hydriocrinus, Julieticrinus, Linobrachiocrinus, Lorocrinus, Morrowcrinus, Omanicrinus, Ophiurocrinus, Pegocrinus, Phacelocrinus, Prininocrinus, Roemerocrinus, Scytalocrinus
Subtaxa: Hypselocrinus arcanus Hypselocrinus boonvillensis Hypselocrinus calyculus Hypselocrinus cavus Hypselocrinus defendus Hypselocrinus douglassi Hypselocrinus hoveyi Hypselocrinus maccabei Hypselocrinus macrodactylus Hypselocrinus neglectus Hypselocrinus pleias Hypselocrinus superus Hypselocrinus tethys
Type: Poteriocrinus hoveyi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: Utah collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (15: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky)
• Devonian of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences
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