Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Alternative spelling: Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus)
Synonyms: Margocrinus, Terocrinus
Parent taxon: Balanocrininae according to H. Hess and A. S. Gale 2010
See also Hess 2012, Hess and Messing 2011, Jäger 1985, Oppenheim 1902, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Laevigatocrinus, Percevalicrinus, Singularocrinus
Subtaxa: Balanocrinus cubensis Balanocrinus dumortieri Balanocrinus gillieroni Balanocrinus infrasilvensis Balanocrinus inornatus Balanocrinus moniliferus Balanocrinus pacomei Balanocrinus pentagonalis Balanocrinus quiaiosensis Balanocrinus senonensis Balanocrinus smithi Balanocrinus subsulcatus Balanocrinus subteres Balanocrinus valettei
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Hungary (2), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), France (19), Germany (17), Poland (7), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (3), Switzerland (7), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (13)
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (18), Iran (2)
Total: 97 collections including 111 occurrences
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