Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Echinodermata |
| Class: Crinoidea |
| Order: Monobathrida |
| Family: Melocrinitidae |
| Genus: Melocrinites |
| Species: Melocrinites nodosus spinosus (Weller, 1898) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Milwaukee Formation |
| Lindwurm Member |
References
Cleland (1911): The fossils and stratigraphy of the Middle Devonic of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 21(6): p. 39, pl. III, fig. 5.
Gass et. al. (2019): pp. 123,124, figs.229,230,232.
Remarks
From Cleland (1911, p.39): ““This variety differs from the typical form of the species in its higher and narrower calyx, and in its more pointed spinelike nodes. Weller, 1898.””
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