Pentacrinites fossilis Blumenbach 1804 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae

Synonyms: Extracrinus briareus Miller 1821, Pentacrinites briareus Miller 1821, Pentacrinites britannicus von Schlotheim 1813 [objective synonym]

Belongs to Pentacrinites according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

See also Austin and Austin 1847 and Salamon 2019

Sister taxa: Pentacrinites asteriscus, Pentacrinites ausichi, Pentacrinites quenstedti, Pentacrinites subangularis, Pentacrinus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tejani locality (Jurassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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