PaleoDB taxon number: 395629

Full reference: T. Oji, M. Kanoh, S. Toshimitsu and M. Tashiro. 1996. Nielsenicrinus japonicus New Species (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the Late Cretaceous of Japan and Its Paleobiogeographic Implications. Journal of Paleontology 30(6):964-968

Belongs to Nielsenicrinus according to T. Oji et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Nielsenicrinus carinatus, Nielsenicrinus waiteteensis

Type specimen: ME19811. Its type locality is Shirasaki, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine mudstone in Japan.