Biology:Alphacrinus
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Short description: Extinct genus of crinoids
| Alphacrinus Temporal range: Ibexian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Parvclass: | †Disparida |
| Family: | †Alphacrinidae Guensburg, 2010 |
| Genus: | †Alphacrinus Guensburg, 2010 |
| Species: | †A. mansfieldi
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| †Alphacrinus mansfieldi Guensburg, 2010
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Alphacrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids which existed during the early Ibexian period. It was named by Thomas E. Guensburg in 2010, and placed into its own family, Alphacrinidae. The type species is Alphacrinus mansfieldi.[1]
References
- ↑ Guensburg, T. E. (2010). "Alphacrinus New Genus and Origin of the Disparid Clade". Journal of Paleontology 84 (6): 1209–1216. doi:10.1666/10-030.1.
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