Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae
Synonyms: Buchicrinus, Lipocrinus Rasmussen 1953
Parent taxon: Isselicrininae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Donovan 1994, Oji 1990, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austinocrinus, Doreckicrinus, Praeisselicrinus
Subtaxa: Isselicrinus africanus Isselicrinus bryani Isselicrinus buchii Isselicrinus daniensis Isselicrinus dixoni Isselicrinus groenlandicus Isselicrinus insculptus Isselicrinus mangahouangaensis Isselicrinus paucicirrhus Isselicrinus peroni Isselicrinus stelliferus Isselicrinus tibiensis
Type: Isselicrinus insculptus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), France (5), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Denmark (2), United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Germany (3), New Zealand (1), Oman (1)
Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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