Biology:Eretmocrinus

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Short description: Extinct genus of crinoids

Eretmocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Batocrinidae - Eretmocrinus.JPG
Fossil Eretmocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
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†Camerata
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†Batocrinidae
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Eretmocrinus

Lyon and Casseday, 1859 [1]

Eretmocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record of the Carboniferous period (age range: 353.8 to 311.45 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Canada and United States.[2]

References

  1. Lyon, S.S., and Casseday, S.A. 1859. Description of nine new species of Crinoidea from the subcarboniferous rocks of Indiana and Kentucky. American Journal of Science and Arts (2nd series), 28: 233–246.
  2. Paleobiology Database

Wikidata ☰ Q22285560 entry