Biology:Actinocrinites
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Short description: Extinct genus of crinoids
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| Fossil of Actinocrinites from Carboniferous of Indiana (USA) | |
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| Genus: | Actinocrinites Miller, 1821 [1]
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Actinocrinites (from Greek: ἀκτίς aktís, 'ray' and Greek: κρίνω krino 'to perceive')[2] is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian period to the Permian period (age range: 360.7 to 290.1 million years ago).[3] Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Australia, China, Europe and United States.[4]
Species
Species within this genus include:[4]
- †Actinocrinites batheri Whidborne 1896
- †Actinocrinites brouweri Wanner 1924
- †Actinocrinites zhaoae Waters et al. 2003
- †Actinocrinites triacontadactylus
References
- ↑ John Samuel Miller, 1821 A natural history of the Crinoidea, or lily-shaped animals : with observations on the genera, Asteria, Euryale, Comatula & Marsupites Published for the author by C. Frost [etc.], 1821.
- ↑ Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 3. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ↑ Walker, Cyril Alexander (2002). Fossils (2nd American ed.). New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 169. ISBN 0789489848.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q4132220 entry
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