Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Echinodermata |
| Class: Crinoidea |
| Order: Monobathrida |
| Family: Melocrinitidae |
| Genus: Melocrinites |
| Species: Melocrinites subglobosus (Weller, 1898) |
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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): pp. 39,40, pl. III, fig. 6,7.
Gass et. al. (2019): p.122, fig. 225,226.
Remarks
From Cleland (1911, p.40): " There is considerable doubt as to the propriety of retaining M. subglobosus as a distinct species, the difference between it and M. nodosus being so slight that it seems to be of varietal rather than of specific rank."
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