Biology:Caleidocrinus

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Short description: Extinct genus of crinoids


Caleidocrinus
Temporal range: Middle and early Upper Ordovician
Caleidocrinus multiramus CRF.jpg
Caleidocrinus multiramus, 26mm
Scientific classification
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Diparida
Family:
Iocrinidae
Genus:
Caleidocrinus

Waagen & Jahn, 1899
Species
  • C. multiramus Barrande, 1899 (type) = C. barrandei
  • Ramsbottom, 1961 C. turgidulus

Caleidocrinus is a genus of sea lily that lived during the Middle and early Upper Ordovician in what is now the Czech Republic and Wales.[1]

References

  1. Donovan, S.K. (1985). "The Ordovician crinoids genus Caleidocrinus Waagen and Jahn, 1899". Geological Journal 20: 109–121. doi:10.1002/gj.3350200204. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15648382 entry