Pterotocrinus Lyon and Casseday 1859 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae

Parent taxon: Dichocrinidae according to G. Ubaghs et al. 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Camptocrininae, Dichocrininae, Exotikocrinus, Neodichocrinus, Paradichocrinus, Strimplecrinus, Talarocrinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (55: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 55 collections including 80 occurrences

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