Biology:Apiocrinites

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Short description: Extinct genus of crinoids

Apiocrinites
Temporal range: Middle - Late Jurassic
ApiocrinitesJurassicIsrael.jpg
Apiocrinites negevensis Ausich and Wilson, 2012, Matmor Formation, Jurassic, Israel.
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Apiocrinites

Apiocrinites (from Greek: ἄπιον apion, 'pear' and Greek: κρίνω krino 'to perceive')[1] is an extinct genus of crinoid that lived from the Middle to the Late Jurassic of Asia and Europe.

References

  1. Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 10. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 29 December 2021. 

Sources

  • William I. Ausich and Mark A. Wilson (2012). "New Tethyan Apiocrinitidae (Crinoidea, Articulata) from the Jurassic of Israel". Journal of Paleontology 86 (6): 1051–1055. doi:10.1666/12-049R.1

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The distinctive proximale of Apiocrinites negevesis; Matmor Formation; Middle Jurassic of southern Israel.

Wikidata ☰ Q4188365 entry