Scytalocrinus
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| Fossil of S. decadactylus, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | |
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| Genus: | Scytalocrinus |
Scytalocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Scytalocrinus barumensis Whidborne 1896
- Scytalocrinus crassibrachiatus Moore and Strimple 1973
- Scytalocrinus sansabensis Moore and Plummer 1940
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
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