Biology:Scytalocrinus
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Short description: Extinct genus of crinoids
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| Fossil of Scytalocrinus from Carboniferous of the United States | |
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| Order: | Dendrocrinida
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| Family: | Scytalocrinidae
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| Genus: | Scytalocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer, 1880 [1]
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Paleobiology Database
- See also List of crinoid genera
Wikidata ☰ Q22286109 entry
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