Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Full reference: A.T. Washburn. 1968. Early Pennsylvanian crinoids from the south central Wasatch Mountains of central Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 15:115-131
Belongs to Hypselocrinus according to A.T. Washburn 1968
Sister taxa: Hypselocrinus arcanus, Hypselocrinus boonvillensis, Hypselocrinus calyculus, Hypselocrinus cavus, Hypselocrinus douglassi, Hypselocrinus hoveyi, Hypselocrinus maccabei, Hypselocrinus macrodactylus, Hypselocrinus neglectus, Hypselocrinus pleias, Hypselocrinus superus, Hypselocrinus tethys
Type specimen: BYU 1496 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Bridal Veil Falls Trail, which is in a Morrowan/Wolfcampian marine limestone in the Oquirrh Formation of Utah.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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