Biology:Scytalocrinus

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Short description: Extinct genus of crinoids


Scytalocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scytalocrinidae - Scytalocrinus.JPG
Fossil of Scytalocrinus from Carboniferous of the United States
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Dendrocrinida
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Scytalocrinidae
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Scytalocrinus

Wachsmuth and Springer, 1880 [1]

Scytalocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records of the Carboniferous period of United States and United Kinhgdom (age range: from 345.3 to 314.6 million years ago).[2]

Species

  • Scytalocrinus barumensis Whidborne 1896
  • Scytalocrinus crassibrachiatus Moore and Strimple 1973
  • Scytalocrinus sansabensis Moore and Plummer 1940

References

  1. Charles Wachsmuth and Frank Springer, 1880 Revision of the Palaeocrinoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Part III-November and December 1879 pages 226-278.
  2. Paleobiology Database
  • See also List of crinoid genera

Wikidata ☰ Q22286109 entry